countenanced
past simple and past participle ofcountenance
| 单词 | countenanced |
| 释义 | countenanced past simple and past participle ofcountenance countenance verb[T] formaluk/ˈkaʊn.tən.əns/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ən.əns/toapproveof or givesupportto something: Theschoolwill not countenancebadbehaviour. Synonyms allow let permit Backing, supporting & defending
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Approving & approval Examplesofcountenancedcountenanced 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 becountenanced, that returns us to our original problem. From theCambridge English Corpus Only that which serves the people may becountenanced. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternatively, when in everyday circumstances real motion does not fit thecountenancedpattern, it will usually be perceived veridically. From theCambridge English Corpus What technologies arecountenancedwithin the musical canons and the economies of the music industry? From theCambridge English Corpus Public preference for active discrimination or persecution of minority groups, for example, should not becountenanced. From theCambridge English Corpus The case clearly illustrates a rarelycountenancedaspect of the ' distributional encounters ', but does so without identifying changing symbolic boundaries. From theCambridge English Corpus Evolution would have beencountenancedlong before, but for the opposition from landed and clerical interests who feared its deadly threat to the divine ordering of the world. From theCambridge English Corpus Should this sceptical scenario becountenanced, it would appear that realists go beyond their epistemic rights in inferring from a theory's success, to its probable truth or verisimilitude. From theCambridge English Corpus In each of the four cases, the deaths are in a real sense instrumental, necessary for the greater good, envisaged, foreseen, and voluntarilycountenancedfor that very reason. From theCambridge English Corpus However, when this 'solution' iscountenanced, other equally 'awkward' questions arise with equally perplexing implications for the 'neutrality' of transitions. From theCambridge English Corpus If that option is to becountenanced, what price now the purchaser-provider split? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that these social considerations, which have carried weight in the past, will not becountenancedin this organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 becountenanced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is therefore not to becountenancedunder any circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That policy cannot becountenancedfor one moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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