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posturing is posture's Present Participle

posture

US [ˈpɑstʃər]
UK [ˈpɒstʃə(r)]
  • v.故作姿态；使作出某种姿态[态度]；取某种姿势[态度]
  • n.做作的举止；忸怩作态；虚伪表现
  • Web姿势变更；装腔作势；姿势界面
Plural Form：postures  Present Participle：posturing  Past Tense：postured  

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posturing
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做作的举止；忸怩作态；虚伪表现behaviour that is not natural or sincere but is intended to attract attention or to have a particular effect

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AllAll,故作姿态故作姿态,使作出某种姿态[态度]使作出某种姿态[态度],取某种姿势[态度]取某种姿势[态度],做作的举止做作的举止,忸怩作态忸怩作态,虚伪表现虚伪表现,姿势变更姿势变更,装腔作势装腔作势,姿势界面姿势界面
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Even if official American outrage may smack of domestic political posturing, that of the victims' relatives does not.
如果说美国当局表现出的愤怒可能带有政治手腕的味道，那遇难者家属的愤怒绝对是发自心底的。
rú guǒ shuō měi guó dāng jú biǎo xiàn chū de fèn nù kě néng dài yǒu zhèng zhì shǒu wàn de wèi dào , nà yù nàn zhě jiā shǔ de fèn nù jué duì shì fā zì xīn dǐ de 。
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These groups would be likely to "move quickly and attempt to match ICBC's aggressive posturing in the weeks ahead" , Mr Alexander said.
亚历山大表示，未来几周，上述银行很可能“迅速行动，试图与工行的进取姿态相匹敌。”
yà lì shān dà biǎo shì , wèi lái jǐ zhōu , shàng shù yín háng hěn kě néng " xùn sù xíng dòng , shì tú yǔ gōng háng de jìn qǔ zī tài xiāng pǐ dí 。 "
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Just a bit of pie-in-the-sky posturing of the sort that often occurs in high-altitude Davos?
这不过是略微展现了一下“高屋建瓴”的达沃斯论坛时常会做出的空中画饼姿态？
zhè bú guò shì lüè wēi zhǎn xiàn le yí xià " gāo wū jiàn líng " de dá wò sī lùn tán shí cháng huì zuò chū de kōng zhōng huà bǐng zī tài ?
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Some Spain-watchers said the decision had more to do with Catalan-nationalist posturing than with the rights of bulls.
西班牙的分析家们认为加泰罗尼亚民族主义才是导致这项决定的关键，并非出于对动物权利的保护。
xī bān yá de fēn xī jiā men rèn wéi jiā tài luó ní yà mín zú zhǔ yì cái shì dǎo zhì zhè xiàng jué dìng de guān jiàn , bìng fēi chū yú duì dòng wù quán lì de bǎo hù 。
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All my politically correct posturing about the evils of globalisation, Nestle, Coca-cola and Doritos vanish and I'm buying what I can carry.
我所有对全球化，雀巢、可口可乐和多乐士装模作样政治正确的批判不见了，我买了很多。
wǒ suǒ yǒu duì quán qiú huà , què cháo 、 kě kǒu kě lè hé duō lè shì zhuāng mú zuò yàng zhèng zhì zhèng què de pī pàn bú jiàn le , wǒ mǎi le hěn duō 。
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Thanks to its posturing politicians, Britain will soon start to run out of electricity. What should it do?
由于政客们的装腔作势，英国的电力资源将很快消耗殆尽。它的出路在哪？
yóu yú zhèng kè men de zhuāng qiāng zuò shì , yīng guó de diàn lì zī yuán jiāng hěn kuài xiāo hào dài jìn 。 tā de chū lù zài nǎ ?
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And, while it may be tempting to constantly bear down on rates, in-house counsel should resist the temptation to engage in macho posturing.
而且，虽然希望不断有降低费用的压力，企业法务部门应当抵挡这一诱惑，拿出男子汉的姿态。
ér qiě , suī rán xī wàng bú duàn yǒu jiàng dī fèi yòng de yā lì , qǐ yè fǎ wù bù mén yīng dāng dǐ dǎng zhè yī yòu huò , ná chū nán zǐ hàn de zī tài 。
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Some of this lag between talking and walking could reflect consumers' insincerity, laziness, posturing, or other unsavory traits.
消费者有意愿，却行动迟缓，可以反映出消费者并非真心诚意、缺乏积极性，做做姿态而已，还有一些不便详述的人性弱点。
xiāo fèi zhě yǒu yì yuàn , què xíng dòng chí huǎn , kě yǐ fǎn yìng chū xiāo fèi zhě bìng fēi zhēn xīn chéng yì 、 quē fá jī jí xìng , zuò zuò zī tài ér yǐ , hái yǒu yī xiē bú biàn xiáng shù de rén xìng ruò diǎn 。
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It would be a tragedy if it that were derailed by posturing over tyres and chicken.
如果他们因为轮胎和鸡肉而故作姿态出轨的话那就是个悲剧了！
rú guǒ tā men yīn wèi lún tāi hé jī ròu ér gù zuò zī tài chū guǐ de huà nà jiù shì gè bēi jù le !
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Thanks to its posturing politicians, Britain will soon start to run out of electricity.
亏了那些故作姿态的政客，英国的电能将很快耗尽。
kuī le nà xiē gù zuò zī tài de zhèng kè , yīng guó de diàn néng jiāng hěn kuài hào jìn 。
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