countenance是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 容貌， 支持，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Scrooge's countenance fell almost as low as the Ghost's had done.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Sessions and Old Bailey had now to summon their favourite, specially, to their long-ing arms; and shouldering itself towards the visage of the Lord Chief Justice in the Court of King's Bench, the florid countenance of Mr. Stryver might be daily seen, bursting out of the bed of wigs, like a great sunflower pushing its way 119at the sun from among a rank garden-full of flaring com-panions.
-- Mr. Lorry's countenance fell.
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She was very beautiful; a more clever, or a more lovely countenance he could not fancy to himself; and she no longer appeared of ice as before, when she sat outside the window, and beckoned to him; in his eyes she was perfect, he did not fear her at all, and told her that he could calculate in his head and with fractions, even; that he knew the number of square miles there were in the differ-ent countries, and how many inhabitants they contained; and she smiled while he spoke.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The waiter who was busy with a party of engineers dining in the dining hall, came several times with an irate countenance in answer to her summons, and could not avoid carrying out her orders, as she gave them with such gracious insistence that there was no evading her.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His countenance possessed in the highest degree what physiognomists call "repose in action," a quality of those who act rather than talk.
-- It is needless to say that Passepartout watched these curious ceremonies with staring eyes and gaping mouth, and that his countenance was that of the greenest booby imaginable.
-- Fix looked intently at his companion, whose countenance was as serene as possible, and laughed with him.
-- He never changed countenance for an instant, though a delay of twenty hours, by making him too late for the Yokohama boat, would almost inevitably cause the loss of the wager.
-- Passepartout did not change countenance on hearing this name.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He glanced timidly at Avdotya Romanovna, but her proud countenance wore at that moment an expres-sion of such gratitude and friendliness, such complete and unlooked-for respect (in place of the sneering looks and ill-disguised contempt he had expected), that it threw him into greater confusion than if he had been met with abuse.
-- However his health seemed unimpaired so far, and looking at his noble, clear-skinned countenance which had grown fattish of late, Pyotr Petrovitch for an instant was positively comforted in the conviction that he would find another bride and, per-haps, even a better one.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The setting sun was glowing on the strange lady, overthe garden fence, and she came walking up to the door with a fellrigidity of figure and composure of countenance that could havebelonged to nobody else.
-- After a single combat of some duration they returned, and I saw, tomy joy, both in Mrs. Crupp's countenance and in my aunt's, thatthe deed was done.
-- In themoment's pause I speak of, I saw Uriah's countenance form itselfinto a most ill-favoured smile.
-- Isubmitted; and, with a countenance as expressive as I was able tomake it of dejected and despairing constancy, came out of theroom.
-- And had I truly disciplined my heart to this, andcould I resolutely bear it, and calmly hold the place in her homewhich she had calmly held in mine,- when I found my eyes restingon a countenance that might have arisen out of the fire, in itsassociation with my early remembrances.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 142 EmmaChapter XIVSome change of countenance was necessary for each gentleman as they walked into Mrs. Weston's drawing-room; Mr.
-- The difficulty was great of driving his strange insensibility towards Harriet, from her mind, while he not only sat at her elbow, but was continu-ally obtruding his happy countenance on her notice, and solicitously addressing her upon every occasion.
-- There was no resisting such news, no possibility of avoid-ing the influence of such a happy face as Mr. Weston's, confirmed as it all was by the words and the countenance of his wife, fewer and quieter, but not less to the purpose.
-- The Frank Churchill so long talked of, so high in inter-est, was actually before her he was presented to her, and she did not think too much had been said in his praise; he was a very good looking young man; height, air, address, all were unexceptionable, and his countenance had a great deal of the spirit and liveliness of his father's; he looked quick and sensible.
-- 'You may say what you chuse but your countenance testifies that your thoughts on this subject are very much like mine.'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Description of Farmer Oak An IncidentWhen Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun.
-- From the Maiden's Blush, through all varieties of the Provence down to the Crimson Tuscany, the countenance of Oak's acquaintance quickly graduated; whereupon he, in considerateness, turned away his head.
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