confront v.
(1) be faced with and have to deal with
e.g. Confronted by an angry crowd the police retreated. 警察面对愤怒的人群只好后撤了。
(2) force to deal with or accept the truth of; bring face to face with
e.g. They confronted the prisoner with his accusers. 他们让犯人与原告对质。
confrontation: [ .kɔnfrʌn'teiʃən ] n. 对审,面对面,面对
For more teaching material about Unit 1, please download.
basic english book1 unit 1