face的用法、语法及搭配

face的用法、语法及搭配

1. 用作名词，表示“脸”，注意其前连用介词的大致情形：

(1) 表示打在脸上，其前通常用介词 in。如：

His wife slapped him in the face. 他妻子打他耳光。

The brick hit John in the face. 砖头打在约翰的脸上。

The branch sprang back and hit me in the face. 树枝弹回来打在我脸上

但是，有时也可能用介词 on, 如下面两句均摘自权威英美词典：

He was struck on the face. 他被打了一记耳光。

She hit [struck] him hard on the face. 她用力地打他耳光。

(2) 表示在脸的表面，其前通常用介词on。如：

She was badly burned on the face and body. 她面部和身上严重烧伤。

(3) 表示面部表情等，其前通常用介词 on。如：

He had a surprised expression on his face. 他脸上露出了惊讶的表情。

He came with a smile on his face. 他微笑着走来。

比较：He came with a smiling face. 他微笑着走来。

(4) 表示直视某人的脸，其前通常用介词 in。如：

He looked her in the face. 他直视她的脸。

(5) 表示当着某人的面，通常用介词 in, to, before 等。如：

He slammed the door in my face. 他当着我的面把门砰地关上了。

He wouldn’t be so rude to her face. 他不会当着她的面显得那样粗鲁。

2. 与汉语一致的习惯表达，如face to face (with) （与……）面对面，面临，have the face to do sth（居然有脸做某事），save face（顾全面子），lose one’s face（丢脸）等。如：

She came face to face with poverty for the first time. 她第一次面对贫困。

She kept silent about that in order to save face. 为了保全面子，她对那事只字未提。

He was afraid of failure because he didn’t want to lose face with his colleagues. 他害怕失败，因为他不想在同事面前丢脸。

有些表达与汉语意思相差较大，如make faces [a face] at [to] sb（对某人做鬼脸或做苦相），pull [wear, put on] a long face（板着脸，哭丧着脸），have two faces（口是心非，耍两面手法），in (the) face of（在……面前），face the music（为自己的行为承担后果）等。如：

The children sat at the window making faces at the passersby. 孩子们坐在窗旁，对走过的行人做鬼脸。

I don’t know what’s the matter with her, but she’s been pulling a long face for two days. 我不知道她出了什么事，这两天她一直拉长着脸。

In the face of great hardship, she managed to keep her sense of humor. 面对极大的困苦，她仍设法保持幽默感。

You’ve been caught cheating—now you must face the music. 你的骗局被戳穿了，现在你得自食其果了。