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coun.te.nance[`kaʊntənəns; ˈkauntənəns]《源自古法语“态度, 举止”的意思》不可数名词1 脸色, 表情 (→face【同义字】)a sad ~悲伤的表情change (one's) ~ (因愤怒、狼狈等而) 改变脸色His ~ fell.他愁眉不展(露出失望的表情)2 (精神上的) 援助, 支持, 鼓励, 赞助find no ~ in a person得不到某人的支持give [lend] ~ to﹍ 支持…, 鼓励…in the light of a person's ~由于某人的赞助 [支持, 帮助] , 受恩于某人3 [又作 a ~] 沉著, 镇静keep one's ~泰然自若, 保持镇静, 不露声色lose ~慌张起来, 失去镇静, 失色with a good ~十分沉著地keep a person in ~不使某人为难; 留某人的面子out of countenance慌张, 困窘; 局促不安put a person out of ~使人慌张 [困窘] ; 使人没面子He stared me out of ~.他两眼瞪得我局促不安及物动词(文语)1 < 对人、行动等> 表示支持, 赞成; 默认, 允许He is a man who cannot ~ defeat.他是一个不认输的人2 +doing] 允许 < 人做…> His father would not ~ him [his] going out alone in the night.他父亲不允许他晚上一个人外出 |