confront
单词辨析：
普通用词，指偶然相遇或在事先约好的地方与某人见面，不用被动语态。
Guess who I met in the shopping mall?
猜猜我在购物中心遇到谁了？
I'll meet you at 9 o'clock.
我9点钟和你会面。
指偶然遇见或发现某人或某物。
She came across him on her way to school.
她在上学的路上偶然遇见了他。
He came across a ring in her drawer.
他在她的抽屉里偶然发现了一枚戒指。
通常指遇到问题、困境等。
The obstacles confronting the organization are enormous.
该组织面临的阻碍是巨大的。
尤指遇到困难、问题或他人的反对，也指偶遇某人。
The new manager encountered some difficulties in his first week.
新来的经理在第一周遇到了一些困难。
The board has encountered strong opposition to its plan to reduce employees.
董事会的裁员计划遭到了强烈的反对。
When did you first encounter him?
你第一次遇到他是在什么时候？
指面临必须处理的困难局面，或指与某人交往，而这种交往通常令人不快或难以应对。
He is facing a difficult task.
他正面临一项艰巨的任务。
She didn't know how to face him after their quarrel.
吵架之后，她不知该如何面对他。
词义同 come across，常可换用。
I ran/came across him in the cafeteria.
我在食堂碰见他了。
She ran/came across an old diary while clearing out her drawer.
她在清理抽屉的时候发现了一本旧日记。
指遇到困难或不利局势，也可指偶然碰见某人。
He ran into criticism after he had told a dirty joke.
他因讲了个下流笑话而受到批评。
His company ran into financial difficulties.
他的公司陷入了经济困境。
Guess who I ran into this morning!
猜猜今天早上我碰见了谁！
相关例句：
And how will I confront each whom I meet?
我将如何面对与我不期而遇的每个人呢？
Some people need to confront a traumatic past; others find it better to leave it alone
有人需要直面过去的创伤，有人则觉得不去想它为妙。
They are eager to confront their guests with full frontal interrogations about their marriages.
他们急于当面直接质问客人的婚姻情况。
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。
The Japanese can't directly confront disagreement.
日本人对不同意见是不会直接抗争的。
I have been confront with a new problem.
我正面临一个新的问题。