Homais, to keep himself in countenance, took up a water-bottle on the whatnot to water the geraniums.

奥默不慌不忙，拿起架子上的浇水壶，去浇天竺葵。

In order to keep himself in countenance, he began to cut quills.

为了保持面子， 他开始剪羽毛笔。

I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself, but you and John must keep us in countenance.

我告诉他他应该为自己感到羞耻，但你和约翰必须让我们面子上来。

In order to keep herself in countenance, she took madame de Fervaques' letters in her hands, and slowly broke the seals.

为了保全自己的面子， 她将德·费尔瓦克斯夫人的信件拿在手里， 慢慢拆开封印。

He took up a paper in order to keep himself in countenance and passed three or four times from the salon into the garden.

为了保持面子，他拿起一张纸，三四次从沙龙走到花园里。

'Why, Smith, ' said Knight, after holding him rigidly by the shoulders, and keenly scrutinising his countenance for a minute in silence, 'you have fallen in love'.

“为什么，史密斯，”奈特死死地抓住他的肩膀，然后默默地仔细端详他的脸一分钟后说道，“你坠入爱河了”。

'So you are to come just the same, ' urged Mrs. Swancourt, for she had seen an almost imperceptible fall of countenance in her stepdaughter at Knight's announcement.

“所以你还是要来，”斯旺考特夫人催促道，因为在奈特的宣布后，她几乎察觉不到她的继女脸上的表情下降了。

This modest position was envied by all the toadies; Norbert kept his father's young secretary in countenance by speaking to him, or mentioning him by name once or twice in the evening.

所有阿谀奉承者都羡慕这种谦逊的地位。诺伯特通过和他父亲说话，或者在晚上一两次提到他的名字，来保持对他父亲年轻秘书的好感。

When you go from Scotland to England, the difference which you may remark between the dress and countenance of the common people in the one country and in the other, sufficiently indicates the difference in their condition.

当你从苏格兰到英格兰时， 你可以说一个国家和另一个国家的普通人的着装和面容之间的差异， 足以表明他们状况的差异。

Her brother, who was giving her his arm, and was accustomed to obey her, was looking at another part of the room, and in order to keep himself in countenance was pretending to be stopped by the crowd.

她的哥哥挽着她的胳膊，习惯于服从她，现在正看着房间的另一边，为了保持面子，他假装被人群拦住了。