countenanced

countenanced

美 [ˈkaʊntənəns] 　英 ['kaʊntənəns]

• n.相貌；脸色；面目；奖励
• v.暗暗奖励；鼓动；默认
• 网络面容；支持；面部表情

词形变化

复数：countenances  现在分词：countenancing  过去式：countenanced  

同义词

英汉解释

n.	1. 容貌,相貌;脸色,气色;面目 2. 奖励;鼓励;纵容;支持,赞助 3. 镇定
v.	1. 暗暗奖励,嘉奖;支持,赞助,鼓动;纵容,默认

英英解释

n.	1. your face, or the expression on your face
v.	1. to approve of something, or to allow something to happen

例句

I watched two separate programs Friday evening and was appalled by the vitriol and outright lies that these people countenanced.

我在星期五晚上看了两个节目，对这些人的恶毒与公然说谎，简直是叹为观止看不下去。

Mr Ozawa has said that the upper house will vote down any extension of operations not countenanced by the United Nations.

小泽表示，上议院对于任何未得到联合国赞同的延长议案都会投票否决。

They do not forwardly attack those errors which are in fashion at court or are countenanced by the government.

他们并不主动抨击在王室里流行的或者被政府支持的那些谬误。

These attributes should be countenanced by the expression and behavior.

这些品质透过表情和风度体现出来。

And by not urging restraint, their actions countenanced violence against law enforcement officers.

更由于他们对随众毫无节制的行为，进而奖励了群众对执法官员以暴力相向。

Is sampling to be countenanced, or must actual counting be employed?

是抽样计算呢，还是必须实际的数呢？

This idea was countenanced by the strong interest which the physician ever manifested in the young clergyman;

由于医生对年轻的牧师从一开始就显示出强烈的兴趣，上述想法就得到了鼓励；