愁眉鎖眼chóu méi suǒ yǎnan agonized(/doleful) look; knit one’s brows and cast down one’s eyes in despair; with knitted brows and downcast eyes
? 抗戰(zhàn)以來(lái)，全國(guó)人民有一種欣欣向榮的氣象，大家以為有了出路，～的姿態(tài)為之一掃。(《毛澤東選集》628)A lively atmosphere has prevailed throughout the country ever since the War of Resistance began,there is a general feeling that a way out of the impasse has been found,and people no longer knit their brows in depair. 愁眉鎖眼chóu méi suǒ yǎn鎖：緊皺著。形容憂愁得兩眼緊鎖，眼神郁悶。形容十分愁苦的神情。knit one’s brows in despair, knit one’s brows in anxiety |