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outfacevt.
1. brave,defy勇敢面对，蔑视。
△Lr.2.3.11: “Andwith presented nakedness outface / The winds andpersecutions of the sky.”以袒露的裸体来抵挡风雨和露天的一切折磨。
2. put out of countenance. put to shame使丢脸，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). 但是你们（用嘲笑）把那些面子全都吓跑了。
△Com.5.1.245:“with no face … outfacingme”.自己没有脸，叫我也丢脸。
△Ham.5.1.299 (277):“Dost thou come here to whine. / To outface me withleaping in her grave?”你到这里来哭哭啼啼，跳进她的坟里，是为了羞辱我吗？
△Mer.4.2.17:“But we'll outfacethem,and outswear them too.”我们要羞辱他们，还要把咒赌得比他们更凶。
3. stare down,frighten with looks,brow-beat盯住，以神情把…吓住，威逼。
△2H.VI.4.10.48(45):“Oppose thy steadfast-gazing eyes to mine. / See if thou canstoutface me with thy looks.”尽管用你那直瞪瞪的双眼对着我.看你能不能以你的神情把我吓住。
Phrases:
outface(one) from: force ... away from,deprive... of迫使…离开，剥夺…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.”那时我们两个人就向你们四个人进攻，简单说(又译：只用吆喝一声)，吓得你们丢下了赃物。我们就把它拿到手里，而且，现在就在这屋子里，可以让你看看。
outface it: face it out,brave it out.brazen things out坚持到底，硬干下去，厚着脸皮混过去。
△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. 就像那些冒充好汉的懦夫，靠着外表的样子混过去。 |