discountenance

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基本釋義

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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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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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"