He and his wife Jane were faced with the daunting task of restoring the gardens to their former splendour.

他和他的妻子简当时面临着恢复花园昔日风采的艰巨任务。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

In Pittsburgh, John Brennan (Russell Crowe), a community-college literature teacher faced with losing his wife, Lara (Elizabeth Banks), to a lifetime prison sentence (she has been convicted of murder), tries to spring her from a massive county jail.

NEWYORKER: The Next Three Days

When my son entered his new middle school my wife and I were faced with a very an ethical situation common to parents today: do we bow down to the evil forces of society, technology and popular culture and get him a cell phone?

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