discountenance 

  1. 名詞
不可數名詞: 不贊成
不支持

    同義字詞
deprecation,disapprobation,disapproval,disesteem,disfavor,dislike,displeasure

  2. 動詞
及物動詞:
使...(人)丟臉
使...(人)洩氣
使...(人)尷尬, 使...(人)羞愧
冷淡對待...(事物)
不贊成...(事物)
不支持...(事物)
/此動詞過去式與過去分詞為"discountenanced"/
/現在分詞為"discountenancing"/
/第三者單數現在式為"discountenances"/

    同義字詞
deprecate,disapprove (of),disesteem,disfavor,dislike,frown (on or upon),mislike,reprove,tsk-tsk,tut (over or about)
abash,confound,confuse,discomfit,disconcert,embarrass,faze,fluster,mortify,nonplus,rattle

例句

  1. It was a prime object of his polity to discountenance and repress a military spirit in the nation.
  2. In view of this , I ask this honourable court to discountenance the bail application of the defence counsel.
  3. " We urge your lordship to discountenance the application and rule that this is contrary to section 40 of the EFCC Act," he said.
  4. President Brand had been far too sagacious to be led away by this pseudo-nationalist dream, and did his utmost to discountenance the Bond.
  5. SOMA will be a big waste of time transitionally laboured acronyms are serious for pedantic glasses such as this and forgot to discountenance it.