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。
• 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。
• 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。
• People who had just begun to laugh were now all frowns.
  才得笑了几声的人们现在又都是满脸的愁云。
• 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 government frowns at any waste of tax-payers 'money.
  政府对任何浪费纳税者税金的行为表示不满。
• 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。
• Everyone in her family frowns on the marriage.
  她家里的每个人都对这桩婚事不满。
• I know, but George is frowning at me. I can't dance when anyone frowns at me.
  我知道，可是乔治反对我跳舞，我没法跳舞如果有人要反对。
• 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。