| 单词 | to bear out a good face | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bear out a good face  b.    to put on a good (also bold, brave) face: to put on a bold, brave, or confident front.  to put (also †set) a good (or bold, brave) face on (a matter): to make (something) look well; to assume or maintain a bold or confident bearing (with regard to something); also  †to bear out a good face. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > behave well towards			[verb (transitive)]		 > make seemly in behaviour > behave so as to make something look seemly to put (also set) a good (or bold, brave) face on1490 to make good mien upona1657 the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > imbue with proper pride or self-respect			[verb (transitive)]		 > specifically by freeing from shyness to keep (a person) in countenance1598 effront1643 to put on a good (also bold, brave) face1704 1490    W. Caxton tr.  Foure Sonnes of Aymon 		(1885)	 ix. 227  				Lete vs..bere oute a good face as longe as we ben alyve. 1566    W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. f. 103v  				Her greate courage surpassed her weakenesse, and did set a bolde face on the matter. 1582    R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise  ii. i. 222  				Thoughe he that stoode in daunger should..make shew of courage and innocencie, and sett a good face vpon the matter: yet [etc.]. 1605    T. Bell Popes Funerall sig. Aa2  				Some cozening trick..by help wherof he might set such a braue face on the matter, as though he were innocent. 1650    A. Cowley Guardian  i. v. sig. Bv/2  				I'll put a good face on't; he dares not fight, I'm sure. 1704    A. F. Trav. Eng. Gentleman 		(ed. 2)	 89  				I put on a Bold Face, Complemented her Beauty in French, and Beg'd her to have a little Mercy upon a Drown'd Rat. 1725    J. Stevens tr.  A. de Herrera Tordesillas Gen. Hist. Amer. II.  ii. vi. i. 392  				Motezuma..put on a good Face to conceal the Grief that perplex'd him. 1867    E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 259  				Richer..puts as good a face as he can on Hugh's discomfiture. 1897    B. Stoker Dracula xix. 264  				I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it. 1932    H. Ashton Bricks & Mortar ii. 41  				He contrived to put a fairly good face on these sensations. 1952    Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 82/2  				Putting on a bold face, but with a fair amount of wind-up, I walked..in the direction the hand pointed to. 1992    Vanity Fair 		(N.Y.)	 Feb. 156/3  				He believes in..putting on a good face. 2005    E. Barr Plan B 		(2006)	 ii. 21  				I always put a brave face on things and made sure everyone else was all right. < as lemmas | 
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