| 釋義 |
outfacevt.
1. brave,defy勇敢面對，蔑視。
△Lr.2.3.11: “Andwith presented nakedness outface / The winds andpersecutions of the sky.”以袒露的裸體來抵擋風(fēng)雨和露天的一切折磨。
2. put out of countenance. put to shame使丟臉，羞辱。
△L.L.L.5.2.623:“But you have outfaced themall. ”i.e.But you have put all the faces out of counte-nance (through mockery). 但是你們（用嘲笑）把那些面子全都嚇跑了。
△Com.5.1.245:“with no face … outfacingme”.自己沒有臉，叫我也丟臉。
△Ham.5.1.299 (277):“Dost thou come here to whine. / To outface me withleaping in her grave?”你到這里來哭哭啼啼，跳進(jìn)她的墳里，是為了羞辱我嗎？
△Mer.4.2.17:“But we'll outfacethem,and outswear them too.”我們要羞辱他們，還要把咒賭得比他們更兇。
3. stare down,frighten with looks,brow-beat盯住，以神情把…嚇住，威逼。
△2H.VI.4.10.48(45):“Oppose thy steadfast-gazing eyes to mine. / See if thou canstoutface me with thy looks.”盡管用你那直瞪瞪的雙眼對著我.看你能不能以你的神情把我嚇住。
Phrases:
outface(one) from: force ... away from,deprive... of迫使…離開，剝奪…的。
△1H.IV.2.4.286(255):“Then did we two set on you four. and with a word,outfaced you from your prize,and have it,yea. andcan show it you here in the house.”那時我們兩個人就向你們四個人進(jìn)攻，簡單說(又譯：只用吆喝一聲)，嚇得你們丟下了贓物。我們就把它拿到手里，而且，現(xiàn)在就在這屋子里，可以讓你看看。
outface it: face it out,brave it out.brazen things out堅持到底，硬干下去，厚著臉皮混過去。
△As.1.3.124(121):“As many other mannish cowards have / That do out-face it with their semblances.”i.e. brazen things outby means of their outward appearance. 就像那些冒充好漢的懦夫，靠著外表的樣子混過去。 |