'face the music'可不是让你“面对音乐”,真正的含义get起来!





Face the challenge
面临挑战
Face the fact/truth
面对现实
Face to face
面对面
Face the sack
将被解雇
1
Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
总有一天,我必须承担后果。
When the missing money was noticed, he chose to disappear rather than face the music.
当失窃的钱被发现时,他选择了消失逃避而不是去承担责任。

2
After failing a math test, Tom had to go home and face the music.
汤姆数学考试不及格,只能回家接受惩罚了。
Mr. Smith betrayed a top secret, and had to face the music.
史密斯先生泄露了一项机密,因而必须接受惩罚。

3
You had better go in and take your medicine now.
你最好还是进去,现在就去接受应得的惩罚。
实际上,英语很多词汇字面上虽然包含音乐,实际上却和音乐没有半点关系:
When they read out the results and everyone heard that I got top marks, it was like music to my ears!!
当他们宣读结果时,每个人都听说我得了高分,这真是个好消息!

I usually like his songs, but his new album just sounds like elevator music!
我确实喜欢他的歌,但他的新专辑听起来就像电梯音乐!
This watch is very expensive in the UK but you can buy it for a song in France;
这款手表在英国很贵,但你可以在法国用很便宜的价格买到。
