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To look askance at someone or something is to look with doubt or dislike — not a full angry stare, more a sideways, look, as if you do not quite trust it or do not think it is good. In real English the phrase is almost always look askance at; you rarely meet the word alone. People use it more in writing than in casual talk, so it can sound a little literary. Though actually, the oldest sense was probably just “sideways,” and the “I don’t approve” feeling grew later. Nobody is sure where the word came from; scholars have guessed at Middle English, French, or Italian, but it is still an open question.
側目（不以為然、懷疑地看）
組成Origin unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”), or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”).
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
askanceadv/əˈskæns/
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With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
- The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.
- The scandal of opposition died down, and the stone-carver himself, though the town-folk continued to eye him askance, was able to secure other work through the favor of discriminating patrons.
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Sideways; obliquely.
- I glanced askance at this strange creature, and found him watching me with his queer, restless eyes.
- ...the head-stones in the grave-yard beneath seemed to be holding themselves askance to keep it out of their faces.
askanceadj/əˈskæns/
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Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
- My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie
askanceverb/əˈskæns/
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rareTo look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
- Bowed heads, Aunt Ellen's, Aunt Laura's, her sister's — bowed but askancing her yellow dress — yes, yellow, golden yellow, hue of sun and life, Dad's favorite, to see him off on this, his greatest journey.
- "My dear sir," said Hube in an authoritative manner to the receptionist askancing Thales, "first of all, we aren't tourists. Secondly, this isn't a rat, this is the present embodiment of the spiritual leader of millions of people in India […]
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rareTo turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.
- The pope askanced his eye at Michael with displeasure, and after a short pause saluted him, " Instead of your coming to us, you seem to have expected that we should attend upon you."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。