| 词汇 | countenancing |
| 释义 | countenancing present 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 countenancingcountenancing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. By grounding mathematical truths in our beliefs, constructivism avoids countenancing what constructivists regard as an implausible metaphysics and a mysterious epistemology. Such analyses were dangerously susceptible of countenancing individual fancy, undermining a national church. In so countenancing this, they are committed to countenancing that we cannot know what physical property unique green is. There is no countenancing that workers might want music played in periods and for durations which are not necessarily compatible with increased output. It is incumbent on the judicial authorities to obtain, without the fullest proof of free will, from countenancing the servitude of any individual entitled to freedom. Given the relation between a predicate and the property that is its meaning, it follows that adopting a particular predicate scheme entails countenancing a particular distribution of properties. That being so, it means that by taking note of the document we are countenancing or approving a change in procedures of some significance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But none would even contempate countenancing their methods for a moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do so because, through our inaction, we are countenancing behaviour which should be seen as criminal and deserving of penalty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we have a reproach to make to ourselves, it is, in my view, for countenancing and accepting such an absurd condition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No worker should be engaged at present on a four-day week, and we should not be countenancing it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, by countenancing much higher expenditure, are we disadvantaging certain parties' or candidates' chances of electoral success? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not approve of countenancing these borrowing facilities by the issuing houses; they are not in the interests either of the borrowers or of the lenders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be countenancing the evil idea of gaining something for nothing—unearned increment—and naturally, defenders as we are of the morals of the nation, we cannot lend ourselves to that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are countenancing difficulties that judges have had even over the past 20 years—as far back as my memory goes and perhaps longer—dealing with the power of such expert evidence. 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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