square up If you square up to a problem, person, or situation, you accept that you have to deal with them and take action to do so. 如果你square up to一个问题、一个人或一个情况，你就会接受必须处理的现状并采取行动 I can square up to the responsibilities for my family now. 现在我能够勇敢地正视我对我的家庭所担负的责任。 It was brave of him to square up to that big man who threatened to attack him. 面对那个威胁要打他的大个子,他敢于迎战,真是勇敢。