| 单词 | countenance |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kauntinəns] |
| 解释 | v.支持，赞成；容忍；n.表情 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 面容 (the face; visage)；表情(the look on a person's face)；v. 支持，赞成 (to give support or sanction to; approve or tolerate) 【考】 countenance : toleration / demur : objection(认可表示容忍/反对 表示异议)反义词：regard with disfavor(不赞成); forbid(禁止); condemn(谴责) 【记】 来自continent(自制 的)→(自制的)状态→ 表情；尤其要记住'支 持'一意 【例】 Your father won't countenance your marrying a foreigner. |
| 字源 | countenance (v.) late 15c., "to behave or act," from countenance (n.). Sense of "to favor, patronize" is from 1560s, from notion of "to look upon with sanction or smiles." Related: Countenanced; countenancing. countenance (n.) mid-13c., from Old French contenance "demeanor, bearing, conduct," from Latin continentia "restraint, abstemiousness, moderation," literally "way one contains oneself," from continentem, present participle of continere (see contain). Meaning evolving Middle English from "appearance" to "facial expression betraying a state of mind," to "face" itself (late 14c.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 支持, 赞成 = approve = tolerate; n 面容 = visage; 表情 【记】continent(adj 节制的)－节制的状态－默认的表情－一种容忍的支持 【类】countenance: toleration = demur: objection默认表示容忍 = 反对表示异议 【反】regard with disfavor(不赞成); forbid(v 禁止); condemn(vt 谴责) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】类continence 自制 节制 及contain 容忍 |
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