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

• 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。
• This is the kind of competition you can expect to run up against.
  这是你可能遇到的竞争。
• Economic growth would sooner or later run up against insurmountable problems.
  经济增长迟早会遇上不可克服的问题。
• 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。
• We have run up against hard constraints.
  我们遭遇的是硬约束。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Other Hong Kong and overseas service professionals have run up against plenty of hurdles, however, in spite of a series of agreements signed by Hong Kong and the mainland to open up trade in services.
  然而，尽管香港和内地签署了一系列开放服务贸易的协议，但在其它行业，香港和海外的服务专业人士碰到了许多障碍。
• When our principles run up against our interests, which should we adhere to?
  当我们的原则和自身利益互相冲突时，我们应该服从哪一方呢？