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

This is the kind of competition you can expect to run up against.
这是你可能遇到的竞争。
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。
But the willingness of eurozone governments to run up large current account deficits should not be taken for granted and the scope for the already overvalued euro to appreciate further against the dollar is limited.
但我们不应想当然地认为，欧元区各国政府有累积巨额经常账户赤字的意愿，而且对本已被高估的欧元而言，其相对美元进一步走高的空间也是有限的。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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；
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。