英语词汇“countenance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

countenance

释义

a person's face, esp as an indication of mood, emotion, or character

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance — Bible

formal moral support or approval

keep one's countenance

to keep calm and composed

composure

She kept her countenance

[Middle English contenance via Old French and medieval Latin from Latin continentia restraint, ultimately from continēre: see contain]

to consider or allow (something)

Perhaps the most audacious thing about this exhibition is that the British Museum should have countenanced it at all — Economist

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