6.3 词根Face， front

　　https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv5050249

　　词根释义：face 正面 外表 表面

　　Interface（n.）=inter+face=between +face=界面，接触面

　　/'?nt?'fes/

　　1.N-COUNT???? 可数名词(学科或系统间相互影响或衔接的)边缘区域,接合部位 The interface between two subjects or systems is the area in which they affect each other or have links with each other.

　　...a witty exploration of that interface between bureaucracy and the working world.

　　对官僚阶层与劳动大众之间的临界区域的风趣探究

　　2.N-COUNT???? 可数名词(软件的用户)界面 If you refer to the user interface of a particular piece of computing software, you are talking about its presentation on screen and how easy it is to operate.

　　【搭配模式】：usu n N

　　【FIELD标签】：COMPUTING 计算机

　　...the development of better user interfaces.

　　更友好的用户界面的开发

　　3.N-COUNT???? 可数名词(计算机或电子设备的)接口 In computing and electronics, an interface is an electrical cricuit which links one machine, especially a computer, with another.

　　【FIELD标签】：TECHNICAL 术语

　　4.V-RECIP-ERG????? (使)(与…)相互联系（或连接） If one thing interfaces with another, or if two things interface, they have connections with each other. If you interface one thing with another, you connect the two things.

　　【语法信息】：V with n

　　【语法信息】：pl-n V

　　【语法信息】：V n with n

　　【语法信息】：Also V pl-n

　　【语域标签】：TECHNICAL or FORMAL 术语或正式

　　...the way we interface with the environment...

　　我们与环境相互作用的方式

　　The different components all have to interface smoothly...

　　不同的部件都必须能顺利接合。

　　He had interfaced all this machinery with a master computer.

　　他把所有机器连接到了一台主计算机上。

　　Waterfront（n.）=滨水地区（面对水）

　　/'w?t?fr?nt/

　　1.N-COUNT???? 可数名词滨水区;码头区;水边地 A waterfront is a street or piece of land which is next to an area of water, for example a harbour or the sea.

　　【搭配模式】：usu sing

　　They went for a stroll along the waterfront.

　　他们沿着滨水区漫步。

　　Boldface（n.）=粗字体

　　/?b??ldfe?s/

　　technical a way of printing letters that makes them thicker and darker than normal 黑体字，粗体字

　　Therefore, to be noticed, you have to be bold, brash and almost in-your-face about the most overt benefit you have to offer.

　　因此想要吸引顾客注意，就的大胆、大剌剌，甚至大言不惭地宣传自己最明显的好处。

　　Or, try one thats slightly off-center to blur the bold edges of a square face.

　　或者尝试一下向一边偏分一点点，这样方脸的棱角就不至于太突出。

　　Thursday's announcement that it plans to keep its personal computing division is an about-face from recent talk of a sale or spinoff — and a bold first move by CEO Meg Whitman.

　　惠普公司周四宣布，他们计划继续保留其个人计算机部门，这是在最近关于对该部门进行拆分或出售的面对面的讨论时，由其新首席执行官梅格惠特曼做出的第一个大胆决策。

　　Efface（v.）=ef(ex)-out+face=抹掉

　　/?'fes/

　　1.VERB???? 动词See also:self-effacing;消除;抹去;擦掉 To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more.

　　【语法信息】：V n

　　【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

　　...an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image...

　　帮助该国改变了以往形象改观的事件

　　The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus.

　　那艘船的名字已经从选择菜单中删除了。

　　Confront（v.）=together+face=使+面临

　　/k?n'fr?nt/

　　1.VERB???? 动词(问题、任务或困难)降临，使面临 If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.

　　【语法信息】：be V-ed with/by n

　　【语法信息】：V n

　　She was confronted with severe money problems...

　　她面临严峻的资金问题。

　　Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.

　　部长们低估了他们所面临的任务的艰巨性。

　　2.VERB???? 动词勇敢地面对;正视 If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.

　　【语法信息】：V n

　　We are learning how to confront death...

　　我们正在学习如何直面死亡。

　　NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.

　　北约国家被迫正视基本的道德问题。

　　3.VERB???? 动词使面对(有威胁性或困难的事) If you are confronted by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.

　　【语法信息】：be V-ed with/by n

　　【搭配模式】：usu passive

　　I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.

　　我面对的是一大堆旋钮、控制杆和开关。

　　4.VERB???? 动词与…对峙;与…对抗 If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.

　　【语法信息】：V n

　　She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face...

　　她挤过骚动的人群，与他当面对峙。

　　They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police...

　　他们遭遇警察时毫不犹豫地开火。

　　The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.

　　候选人在电视辩论中当面交锋。

　　5.VERB???? 动词与…当面对证(或对质) If you confront someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.

　　【语法信息】：V n with n

　　【语法信息】：V n about n

　　【语法信息】：V n

　　She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt...

　　她决定拿自己了解的事实与凯瑟琳当面对证。

　　I could not bring myself to confront him about it...

　　我不忍心就这事和他对质。

　　His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.

　　他对我的当面质询迫使我思索如何作答。