单词	countenance
释义	countenance1 nouncountenance2 verb countenancecoun‧te‧nance1 /ˈkaʊntənəns/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINcountenance1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French contenance ‘behavior’, from Latin continentia ‘holding back from doing what you want, continence’, from continere; ➔ CONTAIN Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Despite his troubles, his countenance was always friendly. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance. His dignified person and agreeable countenance, with the most unaffected affability gave me high satisfaction. Then she put down the hairbrush and inspected her countenance. [countable] literary your face or your expression:  All colour drained from her countenance. countenance1 nouncountenance2 verb countenancecountenance2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE countenance Simple Form Present I, you, we, they countenance he, she, it countenances Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they countenanced Present perfect I, you, we, they have countenanced he, she, it has countenanced Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had countenanced Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will countenance Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have countenanced Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In no way will we countenance terrorism in order to advance our cause. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Fabricators will try to make their account watertight and will not countenance accepting any blame. He said that he would not countenance such an attack, and ordered Clark to call it off. How could I possibly countenance such thoughts? This has resulted in a deadlock where neither side will countenance providing an amnesty for the other for crimes against humanity. Would he really countenance such a daft proposal? Yet the irreligious Jinnah wanted two religious states, while the religious Gandhi would countenance only a united secular state. formal to accept, support, or approve of somethingcountenance (somebody) doing something I will not countenance you being rude to Dr Baxter.
随便看	unsympathetic unsympathetically untainted untamed untangle untapped untenable untested unthinkable unthinking unthinkingly untidily untidiness untidy untie until untimely untiring untitled unto untold untouchable untouched generational generation gap

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