Keep one's countenance
镇定自若
🧩 词语组成解析
keep
[kip]
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. （食品）保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持，保养;供养，抚养;生活，生计;饲料；牧草;
a. 人们的；自己的
countenance
['kaʊntənəns]
n. 表情;脸，面孔;赞同，支持;鼓励;
vt. 表示赞同;嘉奖;宽恕;
coun=con全部+ten握住+ance表名词→全部控制→容忍，不提议见，表示支持 → 赞许，支持；形貌
🗣️ 情景例句
Companies are careful not to hire applicants Who have more education and higher goals than necessary for the job.
公司不会雇佣受教育和目标超过工作所需的应聘者。
When Emily came home at three in the morning, her father hit the ceiling.
哎米莉在凌晨2点钟回家时，她父亲大发雷霆。
There is no superior 'they' in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.
但在露营地里根本不会有管人的人上人"和酒店里的等级制度来使露营者的假日过得阴郁低沉。