run up against

英 [rʌn ʌp əˈɡenst]

美 [rʌn ʌp əˈɡenst]

突然遇到（问题）; 突然碰到（困难）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 突然遇到(问题);突然碰到(困难)
  If yourun up againstproblems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
  1. I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer...
     我突然遇到了这样的问题：虽然还没有成为作家，却过早受到了重视。
  2. He ran up against a solid wall of opposition when it came to the sensitive issue of party privileges.
     当涉及党派特权这样敏感的问题时，他遭到了坚决的反对。

双语例句

• The Chinese put much stress on face, and there are many "rules on face" in China which you have to abide by in your behaviour or contacts, otherwise, you will run up against a stone wall.
  中国人非常注重面子，并且在中国，有很多“面子法则”，在做事交往中必须遵守，否则就会碰壁。
• Don't back up the moment you run up against a little difficulty.
  不要遇到一点困难就打退堂鼓。
• Our best intentions regarding conservation and carbon reduction inevitably run up against the realities of foreclosure and bankruptcy and unemployment.
  就环境保护和碳排放量的限制而言，我们最好的打算必然会与破产、失业发生冲突。
• Every low-wage employee has run up against incompetent or petty managers.
  每个低薪雇员都遇到过不称职或卑鄙的经理。
• In Africa, such efforts have run up against stiff opposition from the transnational tobacco companies, whose revenues dwarf the economies of some African countries.
  在非洲，这些努力成果遭到了跨过烟草公司的强烈反对，这些跨过烟草公司所在的国家经济收入比其他一些非洲国家的要少。
• If he tries to change the rules of the club he will run up against a lot of opposition.
  如果他想改变俱乐部的章程，就会遇到很多反对意见。
• You never know what you're liable to run up against.
  你永远不知道你可能遇到什么困难。
• Every time we try to get the scheme going we seem to run up against yet another problem.
  我们每次试图执行计划时，似乎又碰到了另一个困难。
• I dream I can run up against strangers just like those people in the movies, get to know each other then become friends;
  总期待能象电影里那样偶遇陌生人，从搭讪到相识相知；
• After 30 years of progressive market reforms, many foreign businesses in the country feel as though they have run up against an unexpected and impregnable blockade.
  经历了30年渐进的市场改革之后，许多在华外企仿佛意外遭遇了难以逾越的障碍。