countenancing

英 [ˈkaʊntənənsɪŋ]

美 [ˈkaʊntənənsɪŋ]

v.  支持; 赞成; 同意
countenance的现在分词

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

• It is impossible to imagine the Republican Party Convention countenancing a fiscal stimulus.
  我们很难想象共和党代表大会能支持什么财政刺激计划。
• There was no longer any possibility of suggesting limitations or of countenancing rebellion.
  已不允许再有任何对君权的限制或反抗。
• But by countenancing jointly financed bank recapitalisation, Mrs Merkel has accepted a broader notion of risk-sharing.
  但是支持共同注资给银行进行资本重组，表示默克尔总理接受了更宽泛的风险共担的观点。
• I am not countenancing the sort of "hero-worship" which applauds the strong man of genius for forcibly seizing on the government of the world and making it do his bidding in spite of itself.
  我绝非在鼓吹那种“英雄崇拜”，奖励有天才的强者以强力抓住世界的统治，使世界不顾自身而唯他之命是听。
• And the gym room full of boy building equipments often reminds me of the Cinder Cave, a concentration camp with countenancing tortures in the film of "Red Crag".
  至于器械健美就别提了，我们是看着《红岩》电影长大的一代，一到健身房就想起“渣滓洞集中营”的严刑拷打场面。