臉上的那副神情
這一族就是核心畫面最直接的一層：你撐著的那張臉，以及它洩漏出來的情緒。
noun · C2
A person's face, especially the expression on it and what that expression shows about how they feel.
面容、神情
核心畫面
One way to hold countenance: not a face as a shape, but a face as something a person holds. You hold your face steady, or you let it fall; you turn it towards someone, or you turn it away. Read it that way and the meanings line up. The face itself, with the feeling showing on it. The face turned kindly towards someone — which is what open support looks like from the outside. And then the verb: to countenance something is to turn your face towards it and let it be seen there, with your name attached.
可以想成 countenance 不是「一張臉的長相」，而是「一個人怎麼撐著自己的臉」。你可以把表情穩住，也可以讓它…更多收起
可以想成 countenance 不是「一張臉的長相」，而是「一個人怎麼撐著自己的臉」。你可以把表情穩住，也可以讓它垮下來。你可以把臉轉向某個人，也可以別開。照這個角度看，幾個意思就排成一條線了。第一層是臉本身，上面浮著情緒。第二層是把臉轉向誰——從外面看，那就是公開的支持。第三層是動詞：對一件事點頭，讓它掛著你的名字。From the word’s history
From Middle English contenaunce, via Anglo-Norman and Old French contenance from contenir, and Late Latin continentia — a doublet of continence. The oldest idea is how a person holds or contains themselves: bearing, conduct, demeanour. English later narrowed it to the face.
來自中古英文 contenaunce，經由盎格魯-諾曼語和古法文 contenance（出自 contenir），背後是晚期拉丁文 continentia，和英文 continence 是同源雙生字。最早的意思是一個人「怎麼持住自己」——舉止、儀態。英文後來才把它收窄到臉上。
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Two branches
把臉轉向誰：看得見的支持
同一張臉，換成朝向的問題：臉朝著誰，別人就看得出你站在哪一邊，所以「臉」自然就長出了「公開的支持」。
noun · C2
Open support or approval that you give to a person or a plan, so that other people can see you are behind it.
公開的支持、認可