Countenance
[ 'kaʊntənəns ]
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n. 表情;脸，面孔;赞同，支持;鼓励;
vt. 表示赞同;嘉奖;宽恕;
💡 词根助记
coun=con全部+ten握住+ance表名词→全部控制→容忍，不提议见，表示支持 → 赞许，支持；形貌
📝 例句
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
一副善良的相貌是一封推荐书。
The whole countenance of this area has changed.
这地区的整个面貌改变了。
Your father won't countenance you going abroad.
你父亲不会赞同你出国。
Father refuses to give countenance to your plans.
父亲对你们的计划不予支持。
To adopt the fruits of sin was to give countenance to it.
收养罪恶的果实就等于纵容罪恶。
🌱 联想助记
【记】count-数,contenance-支持:数钱支持慈善事业
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
countenance
n
(fml 文)
1 [C] (expression on sb's) face 面孔; 面容; 面部表情
a woman with a fierce countenance/of fierce countenance 面目凶恶的女子.
2 [U] support; approval 支持; 赞成; 批准
I would not give/lend countenance to such a plan. 我不赞同这样的计划.
3 (idm 习语) keep one's `countenance (fml 文) maintain one's composure, esp by not laughing 保持沉稳（尤指忍住不笑）. put/stare sb out of `countenance (dated 旧) make sb feel embarrassed or at fault by staring at him 盯得某人发慌或不知所措.
countenance v [Tn, Tg, Tsg]
(fml 文) support or approve (sth) 支持, 赞成, 批准（某事物）
countenance a fraud 怂恿诈骗
How could you countenance such behaviour? 你怎麽能纵容这种行为?
They would never countenance lying. 他们对说谎的行为决不姑息.
🔁 扩展释义
*['kauntәnәns]n. 面容, 面部表情, 支持, 镇定相关词组: in countenance keep one's countenance lose countenance put sb out of countenance
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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People who don't smoke think that cigarettes stink.
不吸烟的人认为烟的味道很差。
I suppose so.
我想是这样。
One wonders also why Nature, with some snakes, concocted poison of such extreme potency.
然而，在脊椎动物中，大自然神秘模测地只选择了蛇（还有一种蜥蜴），人们弄不清楚大自然为什么在某些蛇的身上调制出如此高效的毒液来。