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discountenance

过去式: discountenanced 过去分词: discountenanced 现在分词: discountenancing 第三人称单数: discountenances

discountenance基本解释

v.使丢脸；使蒙羞；使慌张

n.不赞成；反对

discountenance同义词

discountenance英英释义

Verb:

look with disfavor on;
"The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
show disapproval by discouraging;
"any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"