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单词 deportment
释义
deportmentde‧port‧ment /dɪˈpɔːtmənt $ -ɔːr-/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdeportment
Origin:
1600-1700 French déportement, from Old French deporter ‘to behave’, from Latin portare ‘to carry’
Examples
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  • I am here to work in a London drama academy, to teach - ah, yes - deportment.
  • If the deportment of the Koi is okay, next step is to ask the dealer to bowl the fish.
  • James was no model of deportment anywhere, least of all in his marital and other personal relations.
  • Not only good for the deportment, this exercise frees the hands for programmes, literature and eating cooling icecream.
  • Prior to sharing her young mistress's lessons, she received instruction in deportment and etiquette.
  • The deportment department was one of the first things to go.
  • Their different personalities are reflected in their deportment on court, Davenport's walk far more diffident than Williams's confident strut.
  • They made girls stand up for themselves and neatness, grooming and deportment were important.
1British English the way that someone stands and walks:  lessons in manners and deportment2 old-fashioned especially American English the way that someone behaves in public
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