countenance
countenance 英 [ˈkaʊntənəns] 美 [ˈkaʊntənəns]
n. 面容，表情；支持 vt. 支持，赞同
进行时:countenancing 过去式:countenanced 过去分词:countenanced 第三人称单数:countenances 名词复数:countenances
- The noun countenance means the face or its expression. If you're a great poker player, you probably have a calm countenance.
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- n. 面容，表情；支持
- vt. 支持，赞同
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1. He possesses a mild and benevolent countenance.
他的面容温和而慈祥。
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2. 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。
- countenance (n.) mid-13c., contenaunce, "behavior, bearing, conduct, manners;" early 14c., "outward appearance, looks," from Old French contenance "demeanor, bearing, conduct," from Latin continentia "restraint, abstemiousness, moderation," literally "way one contains oneself," from continentem, present participle of continere "to hold together, enclose," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (seecon-) + tenere "to hold," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch."
- countenance (v.) late 15c., contenauncen, "to behave or act (as if)," from countenance (n.). Sense of "to favor, appear friendly to, patronize" is from 1560s, from notion of "to look upon with sanction or smiles." Related: Countenanced; countenancing.
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