posture

['pɔstʃə]

n.姿势, 态度, 情形
v.作 ... 姿势, 摆架子

n.

1. 姿势, 姿态[C][U]

a sitting posture

坐姿

2. 情形, 态势[the S]

3. 心情, 心境[C][S1]

4. (政府等的)立场态度[C][S1]

They are trying to adopt a more cooperative posture.

他们正试图采取更为合作的态度。

5. 模特儿摆的姿势[C]

6. 装腔作势的样子[C]

vt.

使摆出特定姿势

vi.

1. 摆出姿势

2. 装模作样, 故作姿态

He enjoys posturing in front of an audience.

他喜欢在观众面前装腔作势。

词形变化

形容词: postural | 名词: posturer | 动词过去式: postured | 动词过去分词: postured | 动词现在分词: posturing | 动词第三人称单数: postures |

词义辨析

同义:

n.姿势; 举止; 姿态; 态度

position  carriage  bearing  

同义参见:

affectation  feeling  pose  poise  play  perspective  acting  lip service  

英英释义

名词 posture:

the arrangement of the body and its limbs

同义词：position, attitude

characteristic way of bearing one's body

同义词：carriage, bearing

a rationalized mental attitude

同义词：position, stance

capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

同义词：military capability, military strength, strength, military posture

动词 posture:

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

同义词：pose

assume a posture as for artistic purposes

同义词：model, pose, sit

补充

postureposture英:[ˈpɔstʃə] 美:[ˈpɑstʃɚ]n.1.姿势, 姿态He bid us keep in a ready posture.他嘱咐我们做好准备。2.看法; 态度The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。vt.1.做出某种姿势She was posturing a model.她正在摆模特儿的姿势。

例句

1. Regular exercise can help improve your posture.经常练习有助于改正坐立姿势。 2. You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture.通过改正坐立姿势, 腹部马上就会看起来更平坦一些。 3. These exercises help to develop good posture.这些锻炼有助于形成良好的体态。 4. Sit in a relaxed upright posture.保持放松、直立的坐姿。 5. They are trying to adopt a more co-operative posture.他们正努力采取一种更加合作的态度。 6. The government is ready to change its defensive posture to one prepared for military action.政府随时准备由防御状态转向备战状态。 7. None of the banks changed their posture on the deal as a result of the inquiry.没有一家银行因为调查而改变对这笔交易的立场。 8. Hawke was posing and posturing.霍克当时是在装腔作势。 9. She says the President may just be posturing.她说总统也许只是在做样子而已。 10. He postured with a clenched fist.他作出了紧握拳头的姿势。 11. He postured himself as a man of the people.他装成一副人民公仆的模样。 12. He postured himself in front of the mirror.他在镜子前面摆姿势。 13. to posture a model摆模特儿的姿势 14. Stop posturing in front of that mirror and listen to me.别对着那面镜子摆姿势了，听我的吧。 15. You've postured until everyone's sick of you.你装模作样，直到大家都讨厌你。 16. he stood in a flamboyant posture with his hands on his hips.他双手叉腰以炫耀的姿态站在那里。 17. [mass noun]good posture will protect your spine.良好姿态会有助于保护你的脊椎骨。 18. trade unions adopted a more militant posture in wage negotiations.工会在工资谈判中采取了更好斗的方式。 19. despite pulling back its missiles, the government maintained a defiant posture for home consumption.尽管撤回了导弹，该政府在国内消费问题上仍旧保持蔑视的姿态。 20. a masking of fear with macho posturing.摆出男子汉姿态以掩饰恐惧感。 21. the companies may posture regret, but they have a vested interest in increasing Third World sales.这些公司可能会故作姿态，表示遗憾，但他们在增加第三世界销售这个问题上却是有利可图的。 22. and still these two were postured motionless.这两个东西仍旧处于静止状态。 23. Poor posture can lead to backache.不适当的姿势可引致背痛。 24. Human beings have an upright posture.人类有直立的姿势。 25. a rigid/stiff posture僵硬的姿势 26. He has good/bad/poor posture.他姿势良好/不好/糟糕。 27. The country has taken an aggressive posture on immigration.这个国家对外来移民的态度强硬。 28. She took a neutral posture in the argument.在这场争论中，她持中立态度。 29. poor postural habits不良的姿势习惯