countenances

英 [ˈkaʊntənənsɪz]

美 [ˈkaʊntənənsɪz]

v.  支持; 赞成; 同意
countenance的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 支持;赞同;同意
  If someone will notcountenancesomething, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
  1. Jake would not countenance Janis's marrying while still a student.
     杰克不会同意贾尼斯还在上学就结婚。
  2. ...the military men who refused to countenance the overthrow of the president.
     拒绝支持推翻总统的军人们
• N-COUNT 脸庞;面容
  Someone'scountenanceis their face.
  1. He met each inquiry with an impassive countenance.
     他面无表情地接受每一个盘问。

双语例句

• In the Durbeyfield countenances there was nothing of the red wrath that would have burnt upon the girl from parents more ambitious for her welfare.
  德北菲尔德夫妇尽管对姑娘的幸福雄心勃勃，但他们并没有气得脸色发红，把愤怒发泄在姑娘的身上。
• Stood apart, with countenances of inflexible gravity, beyond what even the Puritan aspect could attain.
  站在一旁，他们脸上那种严肃刚毅的神情，比清教徒们还有过之而无不及。
• He had read in the countenances of Luigi and Teresa their steadfast resolution not to surrender him, and he drew from his pocket a purse full of gold, which he offered to them.
  他从罗吉和德丽莎的脸上看出他们决不肯出卖他，于是他从口袋里掏出了满满一袋金子来，送给了他们。
• And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
  过了十天，见他们的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。
• It was not a combat, it was the interior of a furnace; there mouths breathed the flame; there countenances were extraordinary.
  这不是一场战斗，这是一个火炉的炉膛。他们的嘴在吞吐火焰，他们的脸非常奇特。
• Those beings, who were not very lavish with their countenances, were not among the men whom one sees passing along the streets.
  这些人是不轻易露面的，并不是人们在街头巷尾看见走过的那些。
• She guessed from the sad countenances of her chamber companions that they regarded her not only as the favourite, but as the chosen; but they could see for themselves that she did not put herself in his way.
  但是她从同宿舍女伴伤心的脸色上猜测出来，她们不仅把她看成他喜欢的人，而且也把她看成被他选中的人；但是她们自己也看得出来，她在回避他。