raise eyebrows

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause surprise. idiomatic
    — How did we lose the future? Gelernter's answer may raise some eyebrows. He believes that the United States realized the fair's predictions of a technological and economic utopia—and the country subsequently imploded with its own success.
  2. To cause mild disapproval. idiomatic
    — The fact that a Chinese state-owned company was awarded the contract to build the structure also raised eyebrows.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, eyebrows.

词形变化

raises eyebrows present,singular,third-person raising eyebrows participle,present raised eyebrows participle,past raised eyebrows past
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