discountenance

英 [dɪs'kaʊntɪnəns] 美 [dɪs'kaʊntənəns]

• v. 使丢脸；使蒙羞；使慌张
• n. 不赞成；反对

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   

经典引文

• The discountenance which Government will show to such an association.

  出自： Shelley

• 'Mrs.' was a word somewhat discountenanced by the Party.

  出自： G. Orwell

近反义词

【近义词】

• disapproval 不赞成
• rejection 拒绝