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