countenance

n. 面容，表情；支持

vt. 支持，赞同

n.

表情；脸，面孔；赞同，支持；鼓励

vt.

表示赞同；嘉奖；宽恕；

变形

过去式：countenanced过去分词：countenanced现在分词：countenancing第三人称单数：countenances

英英释义

countenance[ 'kauntənəns ]

n.

the appearance conveyed by a person's face

"a pleasant countenance"

同义词：visage

formal and explicit approval

同义词：sanctionendorsementindorsementwarrantimprimatur

the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

同义词：physiognomyphizvisagekissersmilermug

v.consent to, give permission

同义词：permitallowlet

词组短语

out of countenance局促不安，不好意思；不舒服；难堪

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He is a young man of handsome countenance.
他是一个拥有英俊面容的年轻人。

He kept his countenance when he was in danger.
在这个危险的处境中他表现得镇定自若。

Horror was depicted on every countenance.
每一张脸上都现出骇愕的表情。

I would not give countenance to such a plan.
我不赞同这样的计划。

用作动词(v.)

We will not countenance any aggressive violence.
我们不会支持任何挑衅性暴力行动。

权威例句

countenance

countenance: [13] A person’s countenance has nothing to do with computation. Etymologically, it is how they ‘contain’ themselves, or conduct themselves, and the word itself is a parallel construction with continence. It was borrowed from Old French contenance (a derivative of the verb contenir ‘contain’), which meant ‘behaviour’, ‘demeanour’, or ‘calmness’ as well as ‘contents’, and originally had this somewhat abstract sense in English.It was not until the 14th century that the meaning began to develop through ‘facial expression’ to the now familiar ‘face’ (traces of the original sense survive in such expressions as ‘put someone out of countenance’, meaning to make them lose their cool).=> contain, continence

countenance (v.)

late 15c., "to behave or act," from countenance (n.). Sense of "to favor, patronize" is from 1560s, from notion of "to look upon with sanction or smiles." Related: Countenanced; countenancing.

countenance (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French contenance "demeanor, bearing, conduct," from Latin continentia "restraint, abstemiousness, moderation," literally "way one contains oneself," from continentem, present participle of continere (see contain). Meaning evolving Middle English from "appearance" to "facial expression betraying a state of mind," to "face" itself (late 14c.).

1. He possesses a mild and benevolent countenance.

他的面容温和而慈祥。

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2. "May I ask what that was?" said the Englishman with an expression of curiosity, which a close observer would have been astonished at discovering in his phlegmatic countenance.

英国人带着一种好奇的表情问道。他那冷峻的脸上竟会现出这种表情，一个细心的观察者见了大概会很惊奇的。

3. Her present countenance had a wild vindictiveness in its white cheek, and a bloodless lip and scintillating eye; and she retained in her closed fingers a portion of the locks she had been grasping.

在她现在的面容上，那白白的双颊，没有血色的唇，以及闪烁的眼睛都显出一种狂野的要复仇的心情；在她的握紧的手指中间还留有她刚才抓住的一把头发。

4. When she had finished, she resumed her smiling countenance.

当她哭完后,她又重新恢复了她微笑的表情。

5. He has the same sweetness of look, as though upon each countenance an ineffable smile were just dawning.

他的脸上泛着同样亲切的表情，他们的表情中仿佛都呈现出一种不可言喻的微笑。

6. And Merkel will not countenance a massive and inflationary intervention by the European Central Bank.

默克尔也不可能支持欧洲央行大规模的通货膨胀性地干预危机。

7. And there is something of dignity in his countenance, that would not give one an unfavourable idea of his heart.

至于他脸上的表情，的确有些尊严，不过人家也不会因此就说他心肠不好。

8. I exclaimed, concealing my joy under an angry countenance.

我叫着，装出一副愤怒的面容来掩饰自己的兴奋。

9. To seem not to be affected with the joy of our companions is but want of politeness; but not to wear a serious countenance when they tell us their afflictions, is real and gross inhumanity.

对同伴的快乐无动于衷只是缺少礼貌，但是面对他们倾诉的不幸，表情再冷漠就是真正的完全不人道了。

10. Given that eurozone members rejected even the idea of automatic sanctions for countries with excessive deficits, they are not likely to countenance such a wide ranging loss of sovereignty.

既然欧元区成员甚至连自动制裁赤字超标这种想法都加以拒绝，它们就不可能支持像大范围丧失主权这种做法了。

11. Given that eurozone members rejected even the idea of automatic sanctions for countries with excessive deficits, they are not likely to countenance such a wide ranging loss of sovereignty.

既然欧元区成员甚至连自动制裁赤字超标这种想法都加以拒绝，它们就不可能支持像大范围丧失主权这种做法了。