中英互译
countenance
英 /ˈkaʊntənəns/美 /ˈkaʊntənəns/
基本释义
- n.面容,表情;支持;拥护
- v.支持;赞同;认可
复数countenances
第三人称单数countenances
现在分词countenancing
过去式countenanced
过去分词countenanced
GRE
双语例句
- 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。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The committee refused to countenance his proposals.委员会拒不同意他的方案。来自《牛津词典》
- 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。
相关短语
- out of countenance局促不安,不好意思;不舒服;难堪
- lose countenance失色;惊慌失色;慌张起来
- Benign countenance慈眉善目
- keep one's countenance镇定自若;不动声色;泰然自若
- in countenance镇定
- countenance model全貌模式;引入了全貌模式
同义词
词义分布
面容
39.4%
表情
23.9%
支持
16.9%
赞同
8.5%
嘴脸
8.5%
颜
2.8%
英英释义
- n.the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- n.formal and explicit approval
- n.the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
- v.consent to, give permission
词源
- countenance盎格鲁-诺曼语, 来自拉丁语contineō("hold together").
- countenance面容,表情,支持来自contain, 包含,控制,对内心情感的控制,表情。后词义进一步褒义化,赞赏,支持。
- countenance支持词根词缀: coun(con-)共同 + -ten-握,持有 + -ance名词词尾