Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #21892
posturing
装腔作势；摆姿态
The act of adopting an exaggerated or affected pose or attitude, especially to impress or deceive others.
常含贬义
- 1.
The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
摆出夸张的姿势或态度。
- 2.
adopting a vain conceited posture
摆出虚荣自负的姿态
- 3.
The behavior of some birds as a means of signalling, etc.
某些鸟类发出信号等的动作姿态行为。
（鸟类的）姿态展示；炫耀行为；摆出夸张的姿势或态度。；摆出虚荣自负的姿态；某些鸟类发出信号等的动作姿态行为。
In use
His constant posturing at parties annoyed everyone.
The politician's posturing was seen as insincere by the voters.
She saw through his posturing and recognized his insecurity.
Connections
Collocations
- political posturing
- 政治作秀；政治姿态
- The debate was full of political posturing rather than real solutions.这场辩论充满了政治作秀，而不是真正的解决方案。
- public posturing
- 公开摆姿态；公开作秀
- The CEO's public posturing annoyed the employees.首席执行官公开摆姿态的行为让员工们很反感。
- aggressive posturing
- 挑衅性的姿态展示；咄咄逼人的作态
- The aggressive posturing between the two countries raised tensions.两国之间咄咄逼人的姿态使紧张局势升级。
- defensive posturing
- 防御性姿态；自卫姿态
- The cat's defensive posturing warned the dog to stay away.猫的防御性姿态警告狗不要靠近。
- media posturing
- 媒体作秀
- Much of the report was just media posturing by the celebrity.这篇报道很大程度上只是那位名人的媒体作秀。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
posturing 由 posture（姿势）而来：摆出夸张姿势装腔作势，如孔雀开屏般的炫耀姿态。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：政治评论、新闻报道、职场描述、鸟类行为观察 posturing 表示“装腔作势”时通常用于正式或略带批评的语境，比较常见于政治评论、新闻报道和职场描述；表示鸟类姿态展示时则多用于生物学或观鸟等专业场合。日常随意口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -uring 结尾，但发音有别。gesturing 与 posturing 的末尾 /stʃərɪŋ/ 相同，但重读元音不同（/dʒɛ/ 对 /pɑ/），所以并不严格押韵。capturing、lecturing、picturing、featuring 都以 /tʃərɪŋ/ 结尾（没有 /s/），而 measuring 读 /ʒərɪŋ/。注意 featuring 中的 fea 读 /fiː/，不是 /fɛ/。
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