frowns

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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

• Sheila's behaviour was attracting disapproving frowns.
  希拉的行为正引起人们的不满，大皱眉头。
• 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。
• 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。
• She frowns when the sun gets in her eyes.
  太阳光照到她眼睛上时她皱起了眉头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sumner would greet us with frowns and grimaces, doing his best to express wordless disapproval
  萨姆纳会冲我们皱眉，做苦脸，竭力表示他无言的反对。
• They all wore puzzled frowns.
  他们都疑惑地皱着眉头。
• 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。