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countenance
时间: 2023-10-30 16:20:05
考博GRE
英 [ˈkaʊntənəns]
美 [ˈkaʊntənəns]

n. 脸;面孔;表情;支持;拥护

v. 认可;赞同

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双语例句
  • You cannot force others to countenance your opinion.

    你不能强迫别人接受你的意见。

  • The countenance of my colleagues gave me courage.

    同事们的支持给了我勇气。

  • My mother's countenance turned pale when she heard the bad news.

    我母亲听到这个坏消息时面色苍白。

  • He was of noble countenance.

    他的面容显得很高贵

  • Jake would not countenance Janis's marrying while still a student.

    杰克不会赞同贾尼斯还是个学生就结婚。

  • The committee refused to countenance his proposals.

    委员会拒不同意他的方案。

  • Gradually his countenance cleared, and he began to smile long, slow smiles.

    渐渐地,他的脸色开朗了,开始慢慢地长时间地挂着微笑。

  • Whispers passed along, and a boding uneasiness took possession of every countenance.

    大家窃窃私语,每个人的脸上都流露出一种不祥的焦虑。

  • An expression of indescribable happiness shone in her countenance, though tears were rolling down her cheeks.

    她脸上流露出一种说不出的幸福的表情,虽然眼泪从脸上滚落下来。

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释义
n.

a person's face or facial expression

脸;面孔;表情

  • his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away.

    他让人捉摸不透的眼神和深不可测的表情几乎什么也没流露。

[mass noun]support

支持;拥护

  • she was giving her specific countenance to the occasion.

    她对这一事件给予明确支持。

v.

admit as acceptable or possible

认可;赞同

  • he was reluctant to countenance the use of force.

    他不太同意使用武力。

短语
  • keep one's countenance maintain one's composure, especially by refraining from laughter (尤指忍住不笑)不动声色;保持镇定

  • keep someone in countenance help someone to remain calm and confident 使(某人)冷静自信 to keep herself in countenance she opened her notebook. 为保持镇定,她打开了笔记本

  • out of countenance disconcerted or unpleasantly surprised 不安的;惊慌的 I put him clean out of countenance just by looking at him. 我只是看着他,就让他非常不安

词源

"Middle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour', from contenir (see CONTAIN). The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour', also ‘facial expression', hence ‘the face’."

  • So do you like Stuart? I don't know. He's nice. He's funny. He has the sallow, drawn countenance associated with an overactive thyroid gland. That's kind of hot.

    你喜欢斯图尔特吗?我不知道,他人不错,挺风趣,就是有些面黄肌瘦,还有活跃得不太正常的甲状腺,那还挺性感的。

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