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comport with

/kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt/US // kəmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt //UK // (kəmˈpɔːt) //

符合,合于,符,合乎

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bear or conduct; behave: He comported himself with dignity.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity: His statement does not comport with the facts.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Obsolete. comportment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • According to the court, any other interpretation did not comport with the well-established meaning of “continue.”

  • This reported contentment is hardly a surprise: the index's results comport with similar recent polls.

  • He was a memorable teacher nonetheless, simply by providing himself as an example in how to comport yourself.

  • And a truly bad ticker does not comport well with the stress of a presidential campaign.

  • If one judges people in part by the way they and their family comport themselves—and we all do—then the verdict is clear.

  • The gentlemen awaited her with impatience, the ladies with curiosity, to see how she would comport herself in her new situation.

  • He told his disciples that they would be dragged before the judges, and gave them advice as to how they should comport themselves.

  • To use the words of Prof. Venable, they do not "comport with the general delicacy of the book."

  • In every way they comport themselves just as old ducks do and not at all in the ways of their hen mother.

  • Does it comport with our honor and dignity to admit into our ports and harbors the very vessels destroying our commerce?