countenance

Word family nouncountenancercountenance

coun·te·nance1 /ˈkaʊntənəns/ noun

[countableC]EXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACE literary your face or your expression 面容；面部表情

All colour drained from her countenance.

她面无血色。

Examples from the Corpus

countenance• His dignified person and agreeable countenance, with the most unaffected affability gave me high satisfaction.• Then she put down the hairbrush and inspected her countenance.• Despite his troubles, his countenance was always friendly.• He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance.

countenance2 verb [transitiveT]

ACCEPT formal to accept, support, or approve of something 支持；赞同；认可

countenance (somebody) doing something

I will not countenance you being rude to Dr Baxter.

我不赞同你粗鲁地对待巴克斯特博士。

Examples from the Corpus

countenance• Fabricators will try to make their account watertight and will not countenance accepting any blame.• Yet the irreligious Jinnah wanted two religious states, while the religious Gandhi would countenance only a united secular state.• This has resulted in a deadlock where neither side will countenance providing an amnesty for the other for crimes against humanity.• Would he really countenance such a daft proposal?• He said that he would not countenance such an attack, and ordered Clark to call it off.• How could I possibly countenance such thoughts?• In no way will we countenance terrorism in order to advance our cause.

Origin countenance1

(1200-1300) Old French contenance “behavior”, from Latin continentia “holding back from doing what you want, continence”, from continere; → CONTAIN

词汇	countenance
释义	countenance Word family nouncountenancercountenance coun·te·nance1 /ˈkaʊntənəns/ noun [countableC]EXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACE literary your face or your expression 面容；面部表情 All colour drained from her countenance. 她面无血色。 Examples from the Corpus countenance• His dignified person and agreeable countenance, with the most unaffected affability gave me high satisfaction.• Then she put down the hairbrush and inspected her countenance.• Despite his troubles, his countenance was always friendly.• He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance. countenance2 verb [transitiveT] ACCEPT formal to accept, support, or approve of something 支持；赞同；认可 countenance (somebody) doing something I will not countenance you being rude to Dr Baxter. 我不赞同你粗鲁地对待巴克斯特博士。 Examples from the Corpus countenance• Fabricators will try to make their account watertight and will not countenance accepting any blame.• Yet the irreligious Jinnah wanted two religious states, while the religious Gandhi would countenance only a united secular state.• This has resulted in a deadlock where neither side will countenance providing an amnesty for the other for crimes against humanity.• Would he really countenance such a daft proposal?• He said that he would not countenance such an attack, and ordered Clark to call it off.• How could I possibly countenance such thoughts?• In no way will we countenance terrorism in order to advance our cause. Origin countenance1 (1200-1300) Old French contenance “behavior”, from Latin continentia “holding back from doing what you want, continence”, from continere; → CONTAIN
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