posturing
姿态,装腔作势,姿势,态势
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- : speech or action that is artificial, hypocritical, or calculated to mislead:I'm fed up with the reaching-across-the-aisle posturing intended to make politicians seem like they’re working hard for bipartisan reform.
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- : engaging in or characterized by such speech or behavior:He cynically believes that anybody trying to live up to an ideal is either a posturing liar or a simple-minded fool.
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In between the razzle-dazzle of his card tricks and puzzles, he explained why it’s crucial to read the audience’s posture, hand positions, and gestures when delivering a presentation.
While the cerebrum is responsible for higher cognitive functions like vision, hearing, and thinking, the cerebellum integrates sensory data and governs movement, balance, and posture.
Today my posture is better than it has ever been—and feels better—all day long.
I also noted their postures, their proximity to one another, and which way they were looking at every moment.
It’s unclear what effect that shortage would have on future rates, because the Fed might take more extraordinary measures to hold its benchmark artificially low, a posture that could depress yields on all bonds.
It was a new voice, and in contrast to the ham-handed posturing of “Officer Hernandez,” the threat was direct and more aggressive.
There was no acting, no posturing, as Ben delivered the news.
Luckily for them, the science runs directly against his thoughtless posturing about the importance of children.
But if you can sift through all of the legal posturing, a fairly accurate portrait of Sterling himself does begin to emerge.
But Sciortino cut her teeth in that world of excess irony, cynicism, and posturing.
Even if the whole school is obliged to attend the club-swinging and posturing and the other nonsense, little good is done.
The classical which still lingered, a disturbing element, in the Plague picture, has been put aside 212 completely.