首頁英語詞典discountenancediscountenance的意思

discountenance

英 [d?s'ka?nt?n?ns]
  • vt. 使丟臉;不贊成;使慌張
  • n. 不贊成

英文詞源


discountenance (v.)
"put to shame," 1570s, from Middle French descontenancer (16c.) "to abash," from des- (see dis-) + contenancer (see countenance).

雙語例句


1. 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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2. 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.

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