1、confront

(问题、任务或困难)降临，使面临

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。

勇敢地面对;正视

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。

与…对峙;与…对抗

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。

2、protest

抗议；提出异议；反对

Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests.

成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。

The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels.

学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。

抗议；反对

The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government.

反对党现在似乎势力非常弱小，无法针对政府发起真正的抗议。

The unions called a two-hour strike in protest at the railway authority's announcement.

各工会号召罢工两小时，以对铁路当局所发通告表示抗议。

申辩；申明

When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us.

我们试图申明莫遭到了毒打，他们却不相信我们。

'I never said any of that to her,' he protested.

“我从来没有对她那么说过，”他申辩道。