“Face” 作名词使用时的意思是 “脸、面孔”，但当它作动词用时，意思则变为 “面对，正视，承认”。怎么用英语表达 “勇敢面对某事”？“Face the music” 是什么意思？
Hi! I’m Tim, and today I’m going to show you three real phrases we say using the word face.
When talking about something we think is bad, we can use the expression can’t face it. This means that we don’t want something, or we don’t want to do something.
School is awful at the moment! I can’t face it today!
Or, in a shorter form: I can’t face school today!
Sometimes, we need to think about or confront something difficult, even when we don’t want to. Here, we can say face up to something.
For example: You need to face up to your fear of exams if you want to pass the course.
I could also say: You need to face up to it!
The last expression is face the music. This means to accept the negative result of past actions.
For example: I forgot to do my homework. Now I have to tell the teacher and face the music.
用法总结
1 “Can’t face it” 的意思是 “不想面对，受不了做某事”。
School is awful at the moment! I can’t face it today!
I can’t face school today!
2 “Face up to” 的意思是 “接受，正视困境”。
You need to face up to your fear of exams if you want to pass the course.
You need to face up to it!
3 “Face the music” 的意思是 “接受批评，为过去犯下的错误而接受惩罚”。
I forgot to do my homework. Now I have to tell the teacher and face the music.
Hi! I’m Tim, and today I’m going to show you three real phrases we say using the word face.
When talking about something we think is bad, we can use the expression can’t face it. This means that we don’t want something, or we don’t want to do something.
School is awful at the moment! I can’t face it today!
Or, in a shorter form: I can’t face school today!
Sometimes, we need to think about or confront something difficult, even when we don’t want to. Here, we can say face up to something.
For example: You need to face up to your fear of exams if you want to pass the course.
I could also say: You need to face up to it!
The last expression is face the music. This means to accept the negative result of past actions.
For example: I forgot to do my homework. Now I have to tell the teacher and face the music.
用法总结
1 “Can’t face it” 的意思是 “不想面对，受不了做某事”。
School is awful at the moment! I can’t face it today!
I can’t face school today!
2 “Face up to” 的意思是 “接受，正视困境”。
You need to face up to your fear of exams if you want to pass the course.
You need to face up to it!
3 “Face the music” 的意思是 “接受批评，为过去犯下的错误而接受惩罚”。
I forgot to do my homework. Now I have to tell the teacher and face the music.
