countenances

美 [?ka?nt?n?ns] 　英 ['ka?nt?n?ns]

• n.相貌；臉色；面目；獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)
• v.嘉獎(jiǎng)；鼓動(dòng)；縱容
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)面容；支持；面部表情

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：countenances  現(xiàn)在分詞：countenancing  過(guò)去式：countenanced  

同義詞

英漢解釋

n.	1. 容貌,相貌;臉色,氣色;面目 2. 獎(jiǎng)勵(lì);鼓勵(lì);縱容;支持,贊助 3. 鎮(zhèn)定
v.	1. 暗暗獎(jiǎng)勵(lì),嘉獎(jiǎng);支持,贊助,鼓動(dòng);縱容,默認(rèn)

英英解釋

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.

這不是一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)斗，這是一個(gè)火爐的爐膛。他們的嘴在吞吐火焰，他們的臉非常奇特。

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

跳動(dòng)的燈光照亮了那兩張臉，我從沒(méi)在人的臉上看到過(guò)那種貪婪的表情。

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

世上沒(méi)有哪兩個(gè)人的心能夠如此毫無(wú)距離，品味如此相近，感覺(jué)如此一致，表情如此喜悅。

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

《電力法》在鼓勵(lì)「合理」利潤(rùn)的同時(shí)，并沒(méi)有就這些詞匯的實(shí)際意思提供客觀指引。

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

我們的有些祖先有著更小的大腦和類人猿似的臉，他們明顯不如我們。

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

實(shí)際上，該法支持各自覆蓋水平之間總的不平權(quán)。

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

那四頭豬渾身發(fā)抖地等待發(fā)落，面孔上的每道皺紋似乎都刻寫著他們的罪狀。

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.

經(jīng)過(guò)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的停頓，兜醫(yī)生看到他們臉上有些疑慮，就又說(shuō)道“恢復(fù)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.

我們把柜子上的一罐加水牛奶大口地倒在嘴里，臉上露出抱歉的表情。

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

雖然美國(guó)法律宣稱注重法定訴訟程序，卻允許不同形式的雙重指控。

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

我們可以說(shuō)，有這樣一種青年人，有什么立即表現(xiàn)在臉上。

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

但是她從同宿舍女伴傷心的臉色上猜測(cè)出來(lái)，她們不僅把她看成他喜歡的人，而且也把她看成被他選中的人；

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

在這之后，仍然有時(shí)間一個(gè)挨一個(gè)地檢閱在前排就座的一張張熟悉的面孔。