英语词汇“discountenance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

discountenance

/dɪsˈkaʊntɪnəns

verb [with object]

1Refuse to approve of: the best solution to alcohol abuse is a healthy family life where alcohol consumption is discountenanced...

That is why a daring mission 63 years ago today - with strength and numbers that might have caused it to be discountenanced as a stunt - had such a powerful effect not only on Americans but also the Japanese leaders and people.
There are those who think that if all unfair practices were discountenanced it would add very much to the enjoyment of a country life.
They were ‘a community which discountenances the development of a just society predicated on principles of equality and fairness’, he said.

Synonyms

disapprove of, frown on, take a dim view of, be against, not believe in, object to, find unacceptable, think wrong

2Disturb the composure of: Amanda was not discountenanced by the accusation...

When he yawned, took a book up, said he was hungry or simply went away, she was not discountenanced.
They were not discountenanced by the critical argument that a storyteller or a poet who has something to say does not need an artist to help him say it.
I was discountenanced, feeling a slow and steady anger rising, a free-floating anger, aimed at no one, no thing as yet.

Synonyms

disconcert, discomfit, unsettle, nonplus, throw/catch off balance, take aback, unnerve, disorient, perturb, disturb, perplex, confuse, bewilder, baffle, fluster, ruffle, shake, upset, agitate, worry, dismay, put out of countenance, discompose;

put someone off their stroke/stride, distract;

embarrass, abash

informal throw, faze, make someone scratch their head, discombobulate, rattle, set someone back on their heels, psych out

archaic cause to be at a stand, gravel

单词	discountenance
释义	discountenance /dɪsˈkaʊntɪnəns / verb [with object] 1Refuse to approve of: the best solution to alcohol abuse is a healthy family life where alcohol consumption is discountenanced... That is why a daring mission 63 years ago today - with strength and numbers that might have caused it to be discountenanced as a stunt - had such a powerful effect not only on Americans but also the Japanese leaders and people. There are those who think that if all unfair practices were discountenanced it would add very much to the enjoyment of a country life. They were ‘a community which discountenances the development of a just society predicated on principles of equality and fairness’, he said. Synonyms disapprove of, frown on, take a dim view of, be against, not believe in, object to, find unacceptable, think wrong 2Disturb the composure of: Amanda was not discountenanced by the accusation... When he yawned, took a book up, said he was hungry or simply went away, she was not discountenanced. They were not discountenanced by the critical argument that a storyteller or a poet who has something to say does not need an artist to help him say it. I was discountenanced, feeling a slow and steady anger rising, a free-floating anger, aimed at no one, no thing as yet. Synonyms disconcert, discomfit, unsettle, nonplus, throw/catch off balance, take aback, unnerve, disorient, perturb, disturb, perplex, confuse, bewilder, baffle, fluster, ruffle, shake, upset, agitate, worry, dismay, put out of countenance, discompose; put someone off their stroke/stride, distract; embarrass, abash informal throw, faze, make someone scratch their head, discombobulate, rattle, set someone back on their heels, psych out archaic cause to be at a stand, gravel
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