PHRASE. 习语face down , face up
1. 面朝下 , 面朝上If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downward. If they are face up, their face or front points upward.
双语例句例： All the time Stephen was lying face down and unconscious in the bath.
斯蒂芬始终面朝下趴在浴缸里，不省人事。
face to face
1. 面对面If you come face to face with someone, you meet them and can talk to them or look at them directly.
双语例句例： We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with Jacques Dubois.
我们溜达进城时，迎面碰上了雅克·杜波依斯。
2. 正视（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.
双语例句例： Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again.
最后，他再次直面歧视。
to fly in the face of
1. 完全违背If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.
双语例句例： scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense.
一些看似完全有悖常识的科学原理。
in the face of something
1. 面对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.
双语例句例： The president has called for national unity in the face of the violent anti-government protests.
总统面对激烈的反政府抗议呼吁全国团结一致。
make a face , pull a face
1. 做鬼脸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.
双语例句例： Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell.
打开门，她对霉味做了个鬼脸。
on the face of it
1. 乍看起来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.
双语例句例： On the face of it that seems to make sense. But the figures don't add up.
乍一看，那好像讲得通。但是数字对不上。
show your face
1. 露面If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are somewhat unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
双语例句例： If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting.
如果她回马萨诸塞州再次露面的话，她会发现一张拘捕令正等着她。
keep a straight face
1. 绷着的脸If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
双语例句例： What went through Tom's mind I can't imagine, but he did manage to keep a straight face.
汤姆心里在想什么我想像不出来，但是他确实装着一脸严肃。
to someone's face
1. 当着某人的面If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
双语例句例： Her opponent called her a liar to her face.
她的对手当着她的面叫她骗子。
let's face it
1. 面对事实吧You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
双语例句例： She was always attracted to younger men. But, let's face it, who is not?
她过去总是被比她年轻的男性吸引。不过，面对现实吧，谁不是呢？