meet, encounter, confront, face, contact

動詞 confront:

1. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
   同義詞：face
2. deal with (something unpleasant) head on
   同義詞：face up, face
3. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
   同義詞：face, present
4. be face to face with

1. He swung round to confront his accusers.
   他突然轉(zhuǎn)過身來面對著那些指控他的人。
2. A soldier often has to confront danger.
   士兵常常要身臨險(xiǎn)境。
3. They confronted the prisoner with his accusers.
   他們讓犯人與原告對質(zhì)。
4. Confronted by an angry crowd the police retreated.
   警察面對憤怒的人群只好后撤了。

con.front

v.（動詞）
con.front.ed,con.front.ing,con.fronts
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility:
面對：與…面對面的，尤指帶有挑釁性或敵對性的：
例句：
I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.
我希望和控告我的人當(dāng)庭對質(zhì)

To bring face to face with:
使面對面：
例句：
The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
被告被傳來面對他確鑿的罪證

To come up against; encounter:
碰到；遇到：
例句：
confronted danger at every turn.
抵抗時(shí)時(shí)會發(fā)生的危險(xiǎn)

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To engage in confrontation:
進(jìn)行反抗：
例句：
.She got no child support.[She] didn`t argue or confront. (Gail Sheehy)
.她沒有得到孩子的撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)。 既未爭辯也沒有反抗. (蓋爾·希伊)

來源：
French confronter
法語 confronter
from Old French [to adjoin]
源自 古法語 [貼近]
from Medieval Latin cônfront3re
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 cônfront3re
Latin com- [com-]
拉丁語 com- [前綴，表.和.]
Latin frôns front- [front]
拉丁語 frôns front- [前面的]

【引伸】
confront.er
n.（名詞）
confront.ment
n.（名詞）