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N-COUNT
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.
例句
He rolled down his window and stuck his face out...
他摇下车窗，把头探了出去。
A strong wind was blowing right in my face...
一阵劲风迎面吹来。
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N-COUNT
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.
例句
He was walking around with a sad face...
他四处走着，神色哀伤。
The priest frowned into the light, his face puzzled.
神父在亮光下皱起了眉头，一脸疑惑。
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N-COUNT
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.
例句
...the north face of the Eiger...
艾格尔山北坡
He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face.
他沿着崖面向上攀登了200英尺。
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N-COUNT
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.
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N-SING
(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.
例句
...the changing face of the British countryside...
英国乡村的日新月异
This would change the face of Malaysian politics.
这将改变马来西亚的政治面貌。
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N-SING
(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.
例句
Brothels, she insists, are the acceptable face of prostitution...
她坚持认为，妓院是卖淫可为人接受的一种形式。
Who ever thought people would see Arsenal as the acceptable face of football?
谁会想到人们会认为足球之道可如阿森纳队呢？
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N-UNCOUNT
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.
例句
England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face...
英格兰不想打仗，但也不想丢面子。
To cancel the airport would mean a loss of face for the present governor...
撤销机场对现任州长来说将是件丢脸的事情。
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PHRASE
(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.
例句
Can't you see this could blow up in your face?
你难道看不出这事会砸锅？
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PHRASE
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.
例句
You can criticise him until you're blue in the face, but you'll never change his personality.
即使你苦口婆心地批评他，也改变不了他的个性。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
All the time Stephen was lying face down and unconscious in the bath tub...
斯蒂芬一直脸朝下趴在浴缸里，不省人事。
Charles laid down his cards face up.
查尔斯将手中的牌摊了出来。
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PHRASE
(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.
例句
No human being on the face of the earth could do anything worse than what he did.
世界上再没有人能做出比他更坏的事情来。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
If a nuclear war breaks out, every living thing will be wiped off the face of the Earth.
如果爆发核战争，地球上的所有生物都将灭绝。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with Jacques DuBois...
我们信步向镇子走去，迎面碰上雅克·杜波依斯。
It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.
这是两人首次当面会晤。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again...
最终，他又一次遭遇歧视。
I was gradually being brought face to face with the fact that I had very little success.
我渐渐开始面对这个事实，那就是我几乎一事无成。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
...scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense...
似乎有悖常识的科学原理
He said that the decision flew in the face of natural justice.
他说这个决定有悖天理。
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PREP-PHRASE
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.
例句
The Prime Minister has called for national unity in the face of the violent anti-government protests...
面对强烈的反政府抗议，首相呼吁全国团结一致。
Roosevelt was defiant in the face of the bad news.
对这个坏消息，罗斯福毫不理会。
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PHRASE
公然嘲笑;公开蔑视
If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you.
例句
With juveniles under eighteen, there's little we can do. We can't keep them in custody. They just laugh in your face.
对18岁以下的青少年，我们几乎无计可施。我们不能拘留他们。他们只会公然嘲笑你。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
He came to me with a very long face.
他拉长了脸来找我。
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PHRASE
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 .
例句
Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell...
她打开门后闻到一股难闻的霉味，不禁做了个鬼脸。
Kathryn pulled a face at Thomas behind his back.
凯瑟琳在托马斯身后冲他做了个鬼脸。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
On the face of it that seems to make sense. But the figures don't add up...
乍一看,似乎讲得通，但这些数字对不起来。
It is, on the face of it, difficult to see how the West could radically change its position.
初看起来，很难理解西方为何会立场突变。
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PHRASE
（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.
例句
Friends will see you are putting on a brave face and might assume you've got over your grief...
朋友们看到你一脸轻松，也许会以为你已经走出悲伤。
Scientists are putting a good face on the troubles.
科学家们对这些困难似乎不以为意。
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PHRASE
(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.
例句
This Government has set its face against putting up income tax.
这届政府执意反对提高所得税。
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PHRASE
(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.
例句
If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting...
如果她重又在马萨诸塞州露面，等待她的将是一纸拘捕令。
I felt I ought to show my face at her father's funeral.
我觉得我应该去参加她父亲的葬礼。
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PHRASE
强绷笑脸
If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
例句
What went through Tom's mind I can't imagine, but he did manage to keep a straight face...
不知道汤姆想到了啥，但他确实忍住没笑。
You have to wonder how anyone could say that seriously and with a straight face.
你一定会惊奇怎么会有人能绷着脸、一本正经地说出那些话。
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PHRASE
当着…的面
If you say something to someone's face you say it openly in their presence.
例句
Her opponent called her a liar to her face.
她的对手当着她面说她是撒谎精。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Relief and gratitude were written all over his face...
他一脸释然与感激。
I could just see the pain written across her face.
我都可以看出他脸上写满了痛苦。
Noun
1. the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear;
"he washed his face""I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"2. the expression on a person's face;
"a sad expression""a look of triumph""an angry face"3. the general outward appearance of something;
"the face of the city is changing"4. the act of confronting bravely;
"he hated facing the facts""he excelled in the face of danger"5. the striking or working surface of an implement
6. a part of a person that is used to refer to a person;
"he looked out at a roomful of faces""when he returned to work he met many new faces"7. a surface forming part of the outside of an object;
"he examined all sides of the crystal""dew dripped from the face of the leaf"8. the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
9. the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object);
"he dealt the cards face down"10. a contorted facial expression;
"she made a grimace at the prospect"11. a specific size and style of type within a type family
12. status in the eyes of others;
"he lost face"13. impudent aggressiveness;
"I couldn't believe her boldness""he had the effrontery to question my honesty"14. a vertical surface of a building or cliff
Verb
1. deal with (something unpleasant) head on;
"You must confront your problems""He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"2. oppose, as in hostility or a competition;
"You must confront your opponent""Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring""The two enemies finally confronted each other"3. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to;
"The house looks north""My backyard look onto the pond""The building faces the park"4. be opposite;
"the facing page""the two sofas face each other"5. turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction;
"Turn and face your partner now"6. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize;
"We confronted him with the evidence""He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions""An enormous dilemma faces us"7. turn so as to expose the face;
"face a playing card"8. line the edge (of a garment) with a different material;
"face the lapels of the jacket"9. cover the front or surface of;
"The building was faced with beautiful stones"