教學札記（十四）：face的用法

05-20

教學札記（十四）：face的用法

來自專欄溫哥華英文教練

單詞face做名詞講的時候，大家都知道是「臉」。問題是，當它做動詞講「面對」的時候，通常我們會看到兩種表達方式：

1. We will create a

strong and healthy nation for the future only if we face problems directly.

2. You must face the fact that she no longer loved

him.

3. Faced with the inconvenient but widely known fact that it was

Sam rather than George who had presided over strike victory, he had to make a

choice.

4. Like any state born from revolutionary struggle,

the newly established country was faced

with the tricky problem.

很明顯，1,2兩句用的是主動，3,4兩句用的是被動。用主動，句子的重心是在面臨這些（問題/困難）的人上，表明他們的意願、勇氣、決心等，或者是某人面臨（問題/困難）這一事實。用被動，句子的重心是在問題本身，而非面臨它們的人。

另外，用主動的時候，直接用face及物就行了，別在後面加with。