汉译英常见错误 | 英国面临着严重的失业问题

[译] 英国面临着严重的失业问题。
[误] Britain faces the serious problem of unemployment.

[正] Britain is faced with the serious problem of unemployment.
[注] face 用于主动语态有"面对,正视"的意思,含有主观愿意和主动性;be faced with 是"面临着,遭遇到"的意思,并不表示主观意愿。如:

  • Faced with the serious problem of juvenile delinquency, the government is going to take effective measures to eliminate it.
    面临着少年犯罪的严重问题,政府将采取有效措施来消灭它。