frowns

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美 [fraʊnz]

v.  皱眉; 蹙额
frown的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (因恼怒、担心、困惑、全神贯注等而)皱眉，蹙额
  When someonefrowns, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because they are concentrating.
  1. Nancy shook her head, frowning...
     南希摇了摇头，皱着眉头。
  2. He frowned at her anxiously.
     他不安地朝她皱了皱眉。
  3. ...a frowning man.
     皱着眉头的男子
  4. Frownis also a noun.
     
  5. There was a deep frown on the boy's face.
     男孩眉头紧锁。
• PHRASAL VERB 反对;不赞成;不同意
  If somethingis frowned uponoris frowned onpeople disapprove of it.
  1. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful...
     这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。
  2. Many teachers frown on such practices.
     许多教师不赞同这样的做法。

双语例句

• If death frowns so near, I will say at least that I have lived.
  若是死亡迫在眉睫，那我至少要说我已享受过人生的乐趣。
• Frowns, scowls and grimaces all push people away& but a smile draws them in.
  愁眉苦脸只会使人敬而远之，而微笑却吸引人们靠近。
• So we find each other there in Venice, and Linda frowns at our map of the city, turns it upside down, locates our hotel, orients herself and announces with characteristic humility: We are the mayors of this town's ass.
  于是我们在威尼斯碰面，琳达瞪了瞪我们的市区地图，把地图倒过来寻找我们的旅馆位置，确定自己的方位，以特有的谦虚态度宣布：我们是城市屁股的市长。
• He was frustrated by the frowns of people who had walked past him during the frequent losses in all of his previous races.
  以往的很多比赛，他都没有成功，当人们皱着眉头从他身边走过，他感到无比挫败。
• Parents unconsciously shape their smiles and frowns to steer their children toward behavior they think will lead to achievement.
  父母无意中用他们的微笑和皱眉作了向导，让孩子往他们认为可以通往成功的行为发展。
• My father frowns on all but the most conventional of dress.
  除最普通的服装外，我父亲都看不顺眼。
• He runs a tight ship, gathering his 11 employees together every morning for a meeting before dispatching them to clients; he frowns on the long lunches and postprandial naps so popular in state banks.
  他经营下的公司纪律严明，他每天早上召集手下11位员工开会，然后就把他们派去客户那里。国有银行员工盛行花大把时间吃午餐，饭后再小睡片刻，他可不苟同这种作风。
• The just man frowns, but never smiles with a malicious sneer.
  公正的人蹙起眉头，但从不会有那种恶意的微笑。
• I am ready to do so again, without an instant's regard to the frowns or smiles of a court.
  我准备一如既往，不顾朝廷之喜嗔。
• The world is like a mirror: frown at it and it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
  世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也朝你微笑。