countenances

countenances

美 [ˈkaʊntənəns] 　英 ['kaʊntənəns]

• n.相貌；脸色；面目；奖励
• v.嘉奖；鼓动；纵容
• 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

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。

I never saw such an expression of cupidity as the flickering lamp revealed in those two countenances.

跳动的灯光照亮了那两张脸，我从没在人的脸上看到过那种贪婪的表情。

There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved.

世上没有哪两个人的心能够如此毫无距离，品味如此相近，感觉如此一致，表情如此喜悦。

While the Power Law countenances 'reasonable' gains, it does not provide objective guidelines as to what such terms mean in practice.

《电力法》在鼓励「合理」利润的同时，并没有就这些词汇的实际意思提供客观指引。

Some of our ancestors are clearly inferior to us, with smaller brains and apelike countenances.

我们的有些祖先有着更小的大脑和类人猿似的脸，他们明显不如我们。

Indeed, the law countenances a gross dis-parity between the respective levels of coverage offered.

实际上，该法支持各自覆盖水平之间总的不平权。

The four pigs waited, trembling, with guilt written on every line of their countenances.

那四头猪浑身发抖地等待发落，面孔上的每道皱纹似乎都刻写着他们的罪状。

There is a long pause and Dr Doe, seeing some doubt on their countenances, adds 'It is not possible to hold out any hope for recovery.

经过了很长时间的停顿，兜医生看到他们脸上有些疑虑，就又说道“恢复的希望完全不存在。”

and we took gulps of milk and water, with apologetic countenances, from a jug on the dresser.

我们把柜子上的一罐加水牛奶大口地倒在嘴里，脸上露出抱歉的表情。

Although it professes to care about due process, the US countenances several kinds of double jeopardy.

虽然美国法律宣称注重法定诉讼程序，却允许不同形式的双重指控。

There are young men of whom it can be said that their countenances chatter.

我们可以说，有这样一种青年人，有什么立即表现在脸上。

She guessed from the sad countenances of her chamber companions that they regarded her not only as the favourite, but as the chosen;

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；

After that there was still time to review, one by one, the familiar countenances in the first rows;

在这之后，仍然有时间一个挨一个地检阅在前排就座的一张张熟悉的面孔。