Word · Frequency #14013
countenance
支持;认可;容忍
To tolerate, support, or approve of something.
- 1.
To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
容忍,支持,认可,赞助或批准某事。
容忍,支持,认可,赞助或批准某事。
In use
The manager never countenances dishonesty among the staff.
Most residents countenanced the plan for a new community garden.
I cannot countenance such careless mistakes in the final report.
Verb forms
base countenance · third person countenances · -ing countenancing · past countenanced · past participle countenanced
注意:该动词为规则变化。
Connections
Collocations
- refuse to countenance
- 拒绝容忍;拒不支持
- The board refused to countenance any further spending.董事会拒绝容忍任何进一步的支出。
- countenance the idea
- 认可某种想法;赞成某个主意
- The manager would not countenance the idea of remote work.经理不会认可远程办公的想法。
- countenance the use of
- 准许使用;容忍使用
- The school does not countenance the use of phones in class.学校不容忍上课时使用手机。
- countenance violence
- 容忍暴力;认可暴力行为
- The organization does not countenance violence in any form.该组织不容忍任何形式的暴力。
- openly countenance
- 公开支持;公开认可
- The senator openly countenanced the proposed amendment.这位参议员公开支持拟议的修正案。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 countenance 联想成“面容、脸色”:看到别人的神情(脸色)后选择容忍、认可,即“支持”这一动作。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal documents、official statements、formal speech 作动词时,countenance 通常用于正式语境,表示‘容忍、支持或认可’,多用于书面语或正式表态;日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常用词与 countenance 完全押韵。count 和 account 的发音都以 /kaʊnt/ 收尾,彼此押韵,并与 countenance 的开头相同;mountain 也含 /aʊnt/ 的发音片段。maintenance 拼写与 countenance 的后缀 -tenance 相似,但重读元音是 /eɪ/,不是 /aʊ/,不押韵。appearance 共享 -ance,announce 共享 oun 拼写,但都不是同韵词。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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