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coun·te·nance noun /ˈkaʊntənəns/ /ˈkaʊntənəns/ (formal or literary)- a person’s face or their expression面容；脸色；面部表情
- her calmly smiling countenance她平静微笑的面容
Topics Appearancec2Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour’, from contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour’, also ‘facial expression’, hence ‘the face’.
coun·te·nance verb /ˈkaʊntənəns/ /ˈkaʊntənəns/ (formal)- countenance something | countenance (somebody) doing something to support something or agree to something happening支持；赞成；同意 synonym consent to
- The committee refused to countenance his proposals.委员会拒不同意他的方案。
Topics Discussion and agreementc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCountenance is used with these nouns as the object: Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour’, from contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour’, also ‘facial expression’, hence ‘the face’.
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