pose

名词 pose:

1. affected manners intended to impress others
   同义词：airs
2. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
3. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
   同义词：affectation, mannerism, affectedness

动词 pose:

1. introduce
   同义词：present
2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   同义词：model, sit, posture
3. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
   同义词：impersonate, personate
4. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
   同义词：posture
5. put into a certain place or abstract location
   同义词：put, set, place, position, lay
6. be a mystery or bewildering to
   同义词：perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

1. Stop posing and tell us what you really think.
   别装蒜啦，告诉我们你的真实想法吧。
2. Heavy traffic poses a problem in many old towns.
   交通拥挤是许多旧城镇的难题。
3. His concern for the poor is only a pose.
   他对穷人的关心只不过是做做样子罢了。
4. The artist posed his model carefully.
   这个艺术家仔细地把他的模型放好。
5. Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this species.
   污染对这一物种的继续生存造成了威胁。
6. He is always talking about his deep interest in literature, but it's just a pose.
   他经常说他对文学有浓厚的兴趣，其实这不过是附庸风雅而已。
7. All the subjects are well posed.
   所有的东西都摆好了位置。

pose

v.（动词）
posed,pos.ing,pos.es
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait.
摆姿势：摆出特定的位置或姿势，如为画肖像而坐着
To affect a particular mental attitude.
装腔作势：摆出极为特别的态度
To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is.
装模做样，自命…：虚假地表现自己；假装成另外一副样子
v.tr.（及物动词）
To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.
使（如模特）摆好特定姿势
To set forth in words; propound:
用言语宣布；提出：
例句：
pose a question.
提出问题

To put forward; present:
提出；陈述：
例句：
pose a threat.See Synonyms at propose
进行威胁参见 propose

n.（名词）
A bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer.See Synonyms at posture
姿势：身体呈现的样子或姿势，尤指为画家或摄影师而摆出者参见 posture
A studied attitude assumed for effect.See Synonyms at affectation
造作之态，装腔作势：为产生效果而故意装出来的态度或姿态参见 affectation

来源：
Middle English posen [to place]
中古英语 posen [放置]
from Old French poser
源自 古法语 poser
from Vulgar Latin *paus3re
源自 俗拉丁语 *paus3re
from Late Latin paus3re [to rest]
源自 后期拉丁语 paus3re [休息]
from Latin pausa [pause] * see pause
源自 拉丁语 pausa [停止] *参见 pause

【引伸】
pos.able
adj.（形容词）

---------------另--------------
pose
pose 2

v.tr.（及物动词）
posed,pos.ing,pos.es
To puzzle, confuse, or baffle.
使迷惑、使混乱或使疑惑

来源：
Short for appose [to examine closely] from Middle English apposen alteration of opposen * see oppose
appose的简写 [仔细检查] 源自 中古英语 apposen opposen的变化 *参见 oppose
and from French poser [to assume (obsolete)] from Old French * see pose
并源自 法语 poser [承担，担任（废语）] 源自 古法语 *参见 pose