1. on the face of it : 从表面判断, 乍看起来;
2. face down : 压倒, 降服;
3. face to face : 面对面;
4. face up to : 勇敢地面对;
5. in the face of : 面对;
6. show one's face : 露面, 到场;
7. save one's face : 顾全面子;
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1. 脸;面孔
Your face is the front part of your head from your chin to the top of your forehead, where your mouth, eyes, nose, and other features are.
2. 面容;神色;神情
If your face is happy, sad, or serious, for example, the expression on your face shows that you are happy, sad, or serious.
3. 崖面;山侧;(建筑物的)墙面
The face of a cliff, mountain, or building is a vertical surface or side of it.
4. 钟面;表盘
The face of a clock or watch is the surface with the numbers or hands on it, which shows the time.
5. (地区、机构或活动领域的)外观,面貌
If you say that the face of an area, institution, or field of activity is changing, you mean its appearance or nature is changing.
6. (活动,信仰、制度等的)方面
If you refer to something as the particular face of an activity, belief, or system, you mean that it is one particular aspect of it, in contrast to other aspects.
7. 面子;脸面
If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
8. see also: about-face;face value;poker face
9. (计划之事出乎意料地)告吹,砸锅,泡汤
If something that you have planned blows up in your face, it goes wrong unexpectedly, with the result that you suffer.
10. 徒劳拼命地干;徒劳无功
If you say that someone can do something until they are blue in the face, you are emphasizing that however much they do it, it will not make any difference.
11. 面朝下/仰面
If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
12. (表示强调或夸张)全世界
You can use the expression 'on the face of the earth' to mean 'in the whole world', when you are emphasizing a statement that you are making or making a very exaggerated statement.
13. 绝迹;灭绝
If you say that something will be wiped off the face of the earth or disappear from the face of the earth, you mean that it will stop existing.
14. 面对面;直面
If you come face to face with someone, you meet them and can talk to them or look at them directly.
15. 面对,面临(困难或现实)
If you come face to face with a difficulty or reality, you cannot avoid it and have to deal with it.
16. 完全违背;与(公认的观念或规则)相冲突
If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.
17. 面对;在…面前
If you take a particular action or attitude in the face of a problem or difficulty, you respond to that problem or difficulty in that way.
18. 公然嘲笑;公开蔑视
If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you.
19. 不高兴的神情;严肃的神情;板起的脸
If you have a long face, you look very unhappy or serious.
20. 做鬼脸,扮鬼脸(英国英语中亦使用pull a face)
If you make a face, you show a feeling such as dislike or disgust by putting an exaggerated expression on your face, for example by sticking out your tongue. In British English, you can also say pull a face .
21. 乍看起来;最初看来
You say on the face of it when you are describing how something seems when it is first considered, in order to suggest that people's opinion may change when they know or think more about the subject.
22. (对坏情况)显得满不在乎,做出无所谓的样子(美国英语中亦作 put on a good face)
If you put a brave face on a bad situation or put on a brave face, you try not to show how disappointed or upset you are about the situation. In American English you can also say put on a good face.
23. (尤指错误地)反对
You can say that someone has set their face against something to indicate that they are opposed to it, especially when you want to suggest that they are wrong.
24. (不受欢迎地、不情愿地或再次)露面,到场
If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
25. 强绷笑脸
If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
26. 当着…的面
If you say something to someone's face you say it openly in their presence.
27. 脸上带着明显的…表情
If a feeling is written all over your face or is written across your face, it is very obvious to other people from your expression.
28. to shut the door in someone's face - see door
to have egg on your face - see egg
to cut off your nose to spite your face - see nose
shut your face - see shut
a slap in the face - see slap
1. a vertical surface of a building or cliff
2. the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
e.g. he dealt the cards face down
3. the striking or working surface of an implement
4. the general outward appearance of something
e.g. the face of the city is changing
5. the feelings expressed on a person's face
e.g. a sad expression
a look of triumph
an angry face
Synonym: expressionlookaspectfacial expression
6. impudent aggressiveness
e.g. I couldn't believe her boldness
he had the effrontery to question my honesty
Synonym: boldnessnervebrasscheek
7. status in the eyes of others
e.g. he lost face
8. the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
e.g. he washed his face
I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news
Synonym: human face
9. the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
10. a specific size and style of type within a type family
Synonym: fontfounttypefacecase
11. a contorted facial expression
e.g. she made a grimace at the prospect
Synonym: grimace
12. a surface forming part of the outside of an object
e.g. he examined all sides of the crystal
dew dripped from the face of the leaf
Synonym: side
13. a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
e.g. he looked out at a roomful of faces
when he returned to work he met many new faces