discountenance
英 [d?s'ka?nt?n?ns]
- vt. 使丟臉；不贊成；使慌張
- n. 不贊成
英英釋意
- 1. look with disfavor on;
- "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
- 2. show disapproval by discouraging;
- "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
英文詞源
- discountenance (v.)
- "put to shame," 1570s, from Middle French descontenancer (16c.) "to abash," from des- (see dis-) + contenancer (see countenance).
實用場景例句
- He survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- 在種種想叫他丟臉的打擊面前,他挺過來了.
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- With her composure, she survived every atempt to discountenance her.
- 不管各種令她窘迫的企圖,她都保持鎮(zhèn)靜, 從困境中挺了過來.
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