discountenance
英 [dɪs'kaʊntɪnəns]
- vt. 使丢脸；不赞成；使慌张
- n. 不赞成
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- discountenance (v.)
- "put to shame," 1570s, from Middle French descontenancer (16c.) "to abash," from des- (see dis-) + contenancer (see countenance).
实用场景例句
- He survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- 在种种想叫他丢脸的打击面前,他挺过来了.
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- With her composure, she survived every atempt to discountenance her.
- 不管各种令她窘迫的企图,她都保持镇静, 从困境中挺了过来.
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