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。
• 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。
• The welfare state has run up against a brick wall of economic reality and fiscal book-keeping.
  现在，福利国家已经撞上由经济现实和财政状况筑起的南墙。
• Manufacturers could learn from other industries that have run up against similar problems.
  在这方面，各大汽车厂商可以学习一下其它碰到类似问题的行业是怎么做的。
• 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。
• But any attempt to reform the system now is likely to run up against tensions prompted by "currency wars" and accusations that China, the US or others are acting to weaken their own currency at the expense of others.
  但眼下任何改革该体系的尝试，都可能会在下述问题所引发的紧张局面前遇挫：“汇率战争”，以及对中美和其它国家以牺牲他国利益为代价、压低本币汇率的指责。
• The TPP discussions have accelerated over the past six months in large part because US negotiators and their counterparts recognise that if a deal is not done by early next year it is likely to run up against presidential politics and the 2016 election in the US.
  TPP谈判之所以在过去6个月加速，在很大程度上是因为美国和其他国家的谈判代表认识到，如果到明年年初还没有达成协议，它就可能遭遇总统政治和2016年美国大选。
• 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。
• 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？