square up

英 [skweə(r) ʌp]

美 [skwer ʌp]

勇敢面对（问题、人或形势）

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 勇敢面对(问题、人或形势)
  If yousquare up toa problem, person, or situation, you accept that you have to deal with them and take action to do so.
  1. The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.
     世界上最负盛名的保险公司昨晚作出回应，要和那些指责其腐败泛滥的议员们较量一番。
  2. ...a woman facing serious responsibility, squaring up to the deepest crisis she has yet had to face.
     这个女人面对着重大的责任，勇敢地应对她所遇到的这场最严重的危机

英英释义

verb

• make square
  1. Square the circle
  2. square the wood with a file
  Synonym:square
• settle conclusively
  1. We finally settled the argument
  Synonym:settlesquare offdetermine
• even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
  Synonym:jogeven up

双语例句

• He must square up to the reality of be out of work
  他必须正视失业这一现实
• Jang. I'll square up with you.
  张老板我把钱还你还不行吗？
• Can I leave you to square up with the waiter?
  我把跟服务员结帐的事交给你办行吗？
• Square Shoulders: The shoulders should square up to the fall line.
  平肩：肩膀要保持对滚落线平直。
• China and Russia would square up against the west.
  中国与俄罗斯将摆好架势与西方世界抗争。
• The occurrence of red tides hit an accumulative area of13,738 square kilometers, up by18.3 percent.
  全年累计发生赤潮面积13738平方公里，增加18.3%。
• Can I leave you to square up with the waiter? As a result the office force has been considerably shaken up.
  我把跟服务员结帐的事交给你办行吗？结果对办事人员进行了相当大的改组。
• Slowly, silently, a black square creeps up the pole and flutters chill against the morning sky.
  一面黑色的方旗缓缓无声地爬上了旗杆，在早晨的天空中冷飕飕地颤抖。
• Take care to square up accurately the boards to form the front, back, and sides.
  注意要准确地调整正面，背面和侧面的板。
• I'll square the damage up in ten days.
  10天内我把损失付清。