face to face

面对面; 相对

We talked face to face.(我们面对面地交谈。)

Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears.(驾驭变化以及面对障碍使我们能直面我们的恐惧。)

She did not slow her stride until she was face to face with us.(她没有放慢脚步，径直走到我们面前。)

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.(机器人革命注定使人类直面一种旧时的恐惧，人类恐惧这种与他们一样聪明能干，但却没有道德指南针的人类发明。)

No matter how many times you have seen images of the golden mask of boyking Tutankhamen, come face to face with it in Egypt's Cairo museum, and you will suck in your breath.(无论你看过多少次图坦卡蒙国王的金色面具的图片，在埃及的开罗博物馆与它面对面，你都会深深吸气。)

Threatening happens not only face to face but also through the Internet, social media and the telephone.(威胁不仅发生在面对面的时候，而且还会通过互联网、社交媒体和电话产生。)

She has suddenly come face to face with her own mortality.(突然，她已经与死神面对面了。)

Brazilians prefer face-to-face communication over mails or phone calls.(比起发邮件和打电话，巴西人更喜欢面对面交流。)

Some people believe that using mobile phones and computers to communicate may make them lose the ability to communicate with each other face to face.(有些人认为使用手机和电脑进行沟通可能会使他们失去面对面交流的能力。)

Internet alienates people from their friends because people lack face-to-face communication with each other now.(互联网使人们与朋友疏远了，因为现在人们缺乏与朋友面对面的交流。)

adv

1. involving close contact
confronting each other

e.g. the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner
they spoke face to face

1. -> see face