askance
adverb /əˈskæns/, /əˈskɑːns/
/əˈskæns/
词源late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms Idioms
look askance (at somebody/something) | look (at somebody/something) askance
- to look at or react to somebody/something in a critical way or in a way that shows you do not trust or believe them
(怀疑或不满地)斜眼看,瞟 - The opposition party looked askance at most of the government’s proposed policies.
反对党对政府提出的大部分政策持怀疑态度。 - She looked askance at him when he began to eat before everybody else.
当他开始比其他人先吃饭时,她斜眼看着他。 - A waiter in a tuxedo looked askance at his jeans.
一个穿着燕尾服的侍者斜睨着他的牛仔裤。
- The opposition party looked askance at most of the government’s proposed policies.