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deportment

/dih-pawrt-muhnt, -pohrt-/US // dɪˈpɔrt mənt, -ˈpoʊrt- //UK // (dɪˈpɔːtmənt) //

仪态,神态,仪容仪表,举止

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : demeanor; conduct; behavior.
    • : the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The sedateness of his deportment and the apparent regularity of his life delighted austere moralists.

  • It comprehends hearty good will towards everybody, thorough and constant good-humor, an easy deportment, and obliging manners.

  • An affected and pretentious woman is all deportment and words; a sensible woman shows her sense by her behaviour.

  • He had a Spanish name, spoke Spanish, and affected the grave deportment of a Spanish don.

  • She looked around and saw a hundred of her sex practising the well-bred deportment that Mrs. Considine had preached.