in the face of

基本解釋

Perhaps you have great intentions, but they crumble in the face of reality.
你也許有長遠(yuǎn)的打算，但是當(dāng)你面對現(xiàn)實(shí)時(shí)，它們破滅了。
Conclusions drawn in the face of such disparate events do have to be cautious.
面對這些如此不同的事件，做總結(jié)的時(shí)候肯定要非常謹(jǐn)慎。
Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
因?yàn)閹缀趺考?所有外界期望、所有的名聲、所有對困窘或失敗的恐懼-在面對死亡時(shí)，都消失了，留下的只有最真實(shí)重要的東西。

The ancestral Pueblo people used stone tools to widen the small natural openings in the face of the canyon walls.
This is a scene of whether you as a writer compromise yourself in the face of authority that resists what you want to say.
場景是作者在面臨權(quán)威堅(jiān)持提出反對意見時(shí),是否妥協(xié)你想要表達(dá)的內(nèi)容。
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Both of them,as we saw in the face of fission, needs to accept a no branching rule.
這兩種理論在裂變說法的面前，都需要接受無分支規(guī)則。
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Likewise a fiscal remedy like a massive tax cut is unrealistic in the face of the current deficit.
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