| 词汇 | countenanced |
| 释义 | countenanced past simple and past participle ofcountenance countenance verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈkaʊn.tən.əns/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ən.əns/ to approve of or give support to something: 接受，认可;赞同;支持 The school will not countenance bad behaviour.学校不会支持不端行为。 Synonyms allow let permit Backing, supporting & defending adopt advocacy affirmation ally yourself to/with someone argumentation bail out bat bet buoy champion commitment over-favour pander to someone/something prop something up provide provide for someone solidly sustenance underpin wave/show/fly the flagidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Approving & approval Examples of countenancedcountenanced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But if such complacency cannot be countenanced, that returns us to our original problem. Only that which serves the people may be countenanced. Alternatively, when in everyday circumstances real motion does not fit the countenanced pattern, it will usually be perceived veridically. What technologies are countenanced within the musical canons and the economies of the music industry? Public preference for active discrimination or persecution of minority groups, for example, should not be countenanced. The case clearly illustrates a rarely countenanced aspect of the ' distributional encounters ', but does so without identifying changing symbolic boundaries. Evolution would have been countenanced long before, but for the opposition from landed and clerical interests who feared its deadly threat to the divine ordering of the world. Should this sceptical scenario be countenanced, it would appear that realists go beyond their epistemic rights in inferring from a theory's success, to its probable truth or verisimilitude. In each of the four cases, the deaths are in a real sense instrumental, necessary for the greater good, envisaged, foreseen, and voluntarily countenanced for that very reason. However, when this 'solution' is countenanced, other equally 'awkward' questions arise with equally perplexing implications for the 'neutrality' of transitions. If that option is to be countenanced, what price now the purchaser-provider split? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that these social considerations, which have carried weight in the past, will not be countenanced in this organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want for a moment to minimize mutiny or revolt in time of war: it is a terrible thing, which cannot be countenanced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is therefore not to be countenanced under any circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That policy cannot be countenanced for one moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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