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posture

/pos-cher/US // ˈpɒs tʃər //UK // (ˈpɒstʃə) //

姿态,姿势,态势,态度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : the relative disposition of the parts of something.
    • : the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole: poor posture; a sitting posture.
    • : an affected or unnatural attitude: He struck a comic posture.
    • : a mental or spiritual attitude: His ideas reveal a defensive posture.
    • : one's image or policy as perceived by the public, other nations, etc.: The company wants to develop a more aggressive marketing posture.
    • : position, condition, or state, as of affairs.
v.有主动词 verb
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    pos·tured, pos·tur·ing.

    • : to place in a particular posture or attitude.
    • : to position, especially strategically: to posture troops along a border.
    • : to develop a policy or stance for: The White House postured itself for dealing with the fuel crisis.
    • : to adopt an attitude or take an official position on: The company postured that the court's ruling could be interpreted as being in its favor.
v.无主动词 verb
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    pos·tured, pos·tur·ing.

    • : to assume a particular posture.
    • : to assume affected or unnatural postures, as by bending or contorting the body.
    • : to act in an affected or artificial manner, as to create a certain impression.

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Examples

  • It’s nice that I can customize the fit to help my posture as much as possible—without breaking the bank.

  • She argued that it was most valuable instead to approach art by imagining a zone “staked out for a variety of ideas and postures to flex and interact.”

  • MTS is also pursuing an outside, third-party review of the agency’s policies and practices that could reshape its enforcement posture.

  • “We want to give away everything we’ve learned, just give it away so other universities can improve their posture with respect to leader development,” he says.

  • So they were in this posture, which we’ve come to call hide-and-bide.

  • He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.

  • Some immediately treated the young rapper as a punchline, turning his awkward posture in the photo into a meme.

  • After the last magnet was retrieved, she assumed slave posture and waited for Couple to unclasp the clamps.

  • She reassumed slave posture while Couple grabbed two magnetized clamps and a collection of circular magnets from a nearby shelf.

  • After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.

  • Sympathising with its desires, Benjy changed his posture, and managed just to touch the nose of his enemy.

  • He was told that a son must not play in his father's presence, nor assume free or easy posture before him.

  • The animal maintains a fairly upright posture, but walks with a waddling motion, its body rocking from side to side.

  • None of the other anthropoid apes ever walk erect, though they assume at times the upright posture.

  • Their attitude is in all cases an approach toward the erect one, which posture is attained by the gibbon.