单词	posturing
释义	posturingpos‧tur‧ing /ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ $ ˈpɑːs-/ noun [countable, uncountable] formal Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He dismissed the Senator's comments as "political posturing." Ken's muscular posturing in front of the mirror is making me sick. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the notion of an instrument turns out to be as empty as his posturing. Janir chose skiing, which like so many sports was laced with posturing and attitude and ostentatious display. Jeffries had turned City into a symbol of racial posturing. Now take such ritual posturing and stage it nation-wide. Political posturing has encouraged a degeneration into the politicization of social issues. The male courts the female by singing and posturing, often with a small twig or leaf in his bill. There was much aggressive posturing, bowing, beating of half-open wings. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► political posturing  He dismissed the Senator’s comments as ‘political posturing’. 1when someone pretends to have a particular opinion or attitude:  He dismissed the Senator’s comments as ‘political posturing’.2when someone stands or moves in a way that they hope will make other people notice and admire them—posture verb [intransitive]
随便看	dispatch rider dispel dispensable dispensary dispensation dispense dispenser dispensing chemist dispersal disperse dispersion dispirited dispiritedly displace displaced displaced person displacement display displease displeased displeasing displeasure disport disposable disposable income

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