v.使丢脸；不赞成；使慌张
n.不赞成

The teacher discountenance any form of cheating during the exam.
老师不鼓励考试中任何形式的作弊。
Parents should discountenance their children's participation in violent video games.
父母应当反对孩子参与暴力电子游戏。
His behavior was so reprehensible that even his closest friends discountenance him now.
他的行为如此恶劣，连最亲近的朋友都开始疏远他。
The company has decided to discountenance smoking in the workplace.
公司决定禁止在工作场所吸烟。
The mayor publicly discountenanced the idea of building a new stadium downtown.
市长公开否决了在市中心建新体育馆的提议。
She tried to persuade her boss to reconsider, but he remained steadfast in his discountenance of the project.
她试图说服老板重新考虑，但他坚决反对这个项目。
In religious communities, certain behaviors are often discountenanced due to moral or scriptural reasons.
在宗教团体中，由于道德或圣经教义的原因，某些行为常常被禁止。
The city council's decision to approve the controversial project was met with widespread discountenance from the public.
城市议会批准这个有争议的项目遭到了公众的广泛反对。
It is essential that parents not discountenance their children's creativity and imagination.
父母不应抑制孩子的创造力和想象力。
He had no choice but to discountenance his son's request for a pet, given the family's financial constraints.
鉴于家庭经济状况，他不得不拒绝儿子养宠物的要求。