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v.不赞成

na.1.to not approve of something

1.I looked up. There, next to Miss Temple, stood the same black column which had frowned on me in the breakfast-room at Gateshead.我抬头一看，站在丹伯尔小姐身边的不就是在盖茨赫德的早餐室里对我皱眉头的大黑柱子嘛！

2.Lavish spending on such things as ministerial cars is being frowned on. The new government seems to be tackpng corruption.对于部长座车等毫无节制的开支亦皱眉表示不满，新政府似乎要打击贪污。

3.But parents Hepburn and Tracy must deal with the fact he is black at a time when interracial marriages were frowned on .但是赫本和特雷西扮演的父母的却必须得面对现实，因为这个小伙子是黑人，而当时异族通婚不为人所接受。

4."Any form of entrepreneurship was frowned on, yet there was less monopthic industry than in the Soviet Union, " he says.他说，任何形式的企业家精神都不受待见，但是那时中国的产业没有像苏联一样单一。

5.The Master always frowned on anything that seemed sensational. "The divine" , he claimed, "is only found in the ordinary" .大师总是对那些看上去耸人听闻的事情感到不解。他声称：“神圣仅仅能在平凡中发现”。

6.Office romance, which used to be frowned on, has become an increasingly common occurrence these days.办公室恋情，过去常遭非议，如今已是越来越稀松平常了。

7.Minority governments, although common in other Nordic countries, are frowned on in Finland and would only be considered as a last resort.（虽然在其它北欧国家中，少数派政府很常见，但在芬兰还很罕见，仅是不得已而为之）。

8.The Beijing authorities heartily approved of becoming an industrial powerhouse but frowned on the financial arrangements this entailed.中国内地政府强烈赞成发展成为一个工业大国，但对于其所必需的金融安排则不以为然。

9.Well knowing that his ministers frowned on such prodigal conduct, he decreed execution for anyone who dared to admonish him.他知道大臣们对他不满意，就下了一道命令：“谁要是敢劝谏，就判他的死罪！”

10.The older generation have always frowned on some of the ideas of the young.老一辈人总是不赞同青年人的某些想法。