posture

名词 posture:

1. the arrangement of the body and its limbs
   同义词：position, attitude
2. characteristic way of bearing one's body
   同义词：carriage, bearing
3. a rationalized mental attitude
   同义词：position, stance
4. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
   同义词：military capability, military strength, strength, military posture

动词 posture:

1. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
   同义词：pose
2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   同义词：model, pose, sit

1. The artist asked his model to take a reclining posture.
   画家要求模特取斜倚着的姿势。
2. She has very good posture.
   她举止很优雅。
3. The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.
   政府在独立的问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。

pos.ture

n.（名词）

A position of the body or of body parts:
姿势：身体或身体某部位的姿势：
例句：
a sitting posture.
坐姿

An attitude; a pose:
态度；姿态：
例句：
assumed a posture of angry defiance.
采取愤怒的蔑视态度

A characteristic way of bearing one`s body; carriage:
姿态，仪态：有特色的举止方式；仪态：
例句：
stood with good posture.
优雅的站姿

Relative placement or arrangement:
相对位置：相对的布置或安排：
例句：
the posture of the buildings on the land.
建筑物在陆地上的相对位置

A stance or disposition with regard to something:
形势，立场：有关某事的立场或处置：
例句：
.Those bases are essential to our military posture in the Middle East.(Gerard Smith)
.那些军事基地对于我们在中东的军事立场十分重要.(杰拉尔德·史密斯)

A frame of mind affecting one`s thoughts or behavior; an overall attitude.
心境，态度：影响某人思想或行为的心理状态；总体态度
v.（动词）
pos.tured,pos.tur.ing,pos.tures
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To assume an exaggerated or unnatural pose or mental attitude; attitudinize.
装模作样，做出夸张的姿势：呈现夸张或不自然的姿势或心理态度；装模作样
To assume a pose.
摆姿势
v.tr.（及物动词）
To put into a specific posture; pose.
使摆姿势：使摆出某种姿势；摆好姿势

来源：
French
法语
from Italian postura
源自 意大利语 postura
from Latin positôra [position]
源自 拉丁语 positôra [位置]
from positus [past participle of] pônere [to place] * see apo-
源自 positus [] pônere的过去分词 [放置] *参见 apo-

【引伸】
pos.tural
adj.（形容词）
pos.turer 或
pos.turist
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>posture,attitude,carriage,pose,stanceThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a position of the body and limbs.:
所有这些名词的中心意思是.身体与四肢的姿势.：
例句：
erect posture;
直立姿势；

例句：
an attitude of prayer;
祈祷者的态度；

例句：
dignified carriage;
高雅的举止；

例句：
a defiant pose;
挑衅的姿势；

例句：
the alert stance of a batter in baseball.
棒球击球手的击球姿势。