Word · Frequency #14013
countenance
面容；脸色；面部表情
a person's face or facial expression
- 1.
Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
外貌,尤其是面部特征和表情。
- 2.
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
面部表情；面容
- 3.
Favour; support; encouragement.
支持；鼓励；赞助。
- 4.
formal and explicit approval
正式且明确的赞同
- 5.
Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
平静的面部表情,镇定,自控。
- 6.
the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
人脸('kisser'、'smiler'、'mug'为'脸'的非正式用语,'phiz'为英式用语)
镇定；沉着；泰然自若；支持；赞成；赞同；外貌,尤其是面部特征和表情。；面部表情；面容；支持；鼓励；赞助。
In use
His calm countenance betrayed no sign of anxiety.
She wore a cheerful countenance despite the bad news.
The judge's stern countenance made the defendant nervous.
a pleasant countenance
Connections
Collocations
- keep one's countenance
- 保持镇定，不动声色
- She tried to keep her countenance, but the joke made her laugh.她努力保持镇定，但那个笑话还是让她笑了。
- lose one's countenance
- 失去镇定，流露出情绪
- He lost his countenance when the question caught him off guard.当那个问题让他措手不及时，他失去了镇定。
- give countenance to
- 支持，赞同
- The committee refused to give countenance to the proposal.委员会拒绝支持该提议。
- out of countenance
- 尴尬，局促不安
- The sudden question put him out of countenance.这个突如其来的问题使他局促不安。
- a cheerful countenance
- 愉快的面容，笑脸
- The old man had a cheerful countenance that warmed everyone in the room.那位老人面容愉快，温暖了房间里的每一个人。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想count（数）和面容：数数脸上的表情，记住countenance就是面容、脸色。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品中的人物描写、正式演讲或书面叙述、较庄重的修辞语境 countenance 作名词表示“面容/面部表情”时通常属于正式用语，多用于文学作品或较正式的书面语；日常口语中更常用 face。表示“支持/赞同”“镇定”等义项时也偏正式，比较常见于正式文件或演讲中。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为countenances
Pronunciation & Spelling
比较词中，'count' 与 'account' 押韵（/kaʊnt/），'mountain' 与 'fountain' 押韵（/aʊntən/）。但它们都不与目标词 'countenance' 押韵：目标词重音在首音节 /kaʊn/，后面还有 /tənəns/。'maintenance' 拼写共享 -tenance，却读作 /ˈmeɪntənəns/，首元音不同；'council' 以 coun- 开头，但读作 /ˈkaʊnsəl/，没有 /t/。这些只是拼写或部分发音相近的类比词。
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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