资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Countenance \Coun"te*nance\ (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Countenanced} (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Countenancing}.]
   1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

            This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is
            not made out either by experience or reason. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.

            Error supports custom, custom countenances error.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.]

            Which to these ladies love did countenance.
                                                  --Spenser.