put a human face on sth also give sth a human face to make an important event or principle understandable to ordinary people by directing their attention to the way it affects a particular person〔通过特定的个人〕形象生动地表现某事:•Anne Frank was the girl whose diary put a human face on the Holocaust.安妮·弗兰克就是那位通过自己的日记使大屠杀的经历跃然纸上的女孩。 |