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

  1. VERB 支持;赞同;同意
    If someone will not countenance something, 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
  2. N-COUNT 脸庞;面容
    Someone's countenance is 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

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。