| 词汇 | askance |
| 释义 | askance adverb uk /əˈskɑːns/ us /əˈskæns/ look askance to look at or think about someone or something with doubt, disapproval, or no trust: （不满或怀疑地）斜眼看，瞟 They looked askance at our scruffy clothes.他们满腹狐疑地看着我们破破烂烂的衣服。 Doubt & ambivalence ambivalence ambivalent ambivalently be in two mindsidiom blow hot and coldidiom have a foot in both campsidiom haw hem hem and hawidiom hum and hawidiom nonconcern nonplussed quandary rudderless shades of greyidiom warily wary waver wavering waveringly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cautious and vigilant Examples of askanceaskance The papers were about looking, but looking askance, like worldviews related, as if unwittingly, to architecture. Everything that the purists look askance at has its place (and rightly so) in the terminology. Sociologists don't look askance at ethicists who aim to guide human behavior. Similarly, it was not the civic elite alone who looked askance upon the theatre. In addition, the colonial government's commitment to free trade made them look askance at any suggestion of intervening directly in the economy. Both of them restricted individualism to socially useful striving and looked askance at the self-expanding reveries of the romantics or the explosive enthusiasms of evangelicals. Even if sections of the public would look askance, we must be able to guide the social habits of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not look askance at those widows who are trying to maintain their independence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result might astound those who look at us somewhat askance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people look askance at those who, not having paid contributions, benefit from the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I beg those who look askance at these plans to ponder deeply and responsibly where it is they think they want to go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One looks askance at this kind of recommendation, and one wants to qualify it when one sees it in print. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is looked at askance if one comes from an industrial constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I look askance at loans and grants, but to me the idea of equity capital is totally wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it any wonder that youth looks with some askance at us, the adults, and at what we have done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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