face up to sth.中等

While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing £4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.

虽然这些措施在短期内会受到欢迎，但我们必须正视这样一个事实：现有的45亿英镑新建经济适用房资助计划将于2015年到期，之后不太可能延期。