pose
verb
uk/pəʊz/us/poʊz/poseverb(CAUSE)
C1[T]
tocausesomething,especiallyaproblemordifficulty:
造成,引起(尤指问题或困难)Nuclearweaponsposeathreatto everyone.核武器对所有的人都构成了威胁。
Themountainterrainposesparticularproblemsforcivilengineers.这种高山地势给土木工程师带来了特殊问题。
- Drunkendriverspose aseriousthreatto otherroadusers.
- Thestudentsweredeportedbecause they posed athreattonationalsecurity.
- The very highrateofinflationposes aseriousproblemfor thegovernment.
- Theresultof thevoteposes aseriouschallengeto the government'scredibility.
- Officialsclaimthat thechemicalleakageposes norealdangerforsurroundingresidents.
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- shoot
- subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
- suicidal
- swamp
- tall
- toughness
- trouble
- wrong-foot
poseverb(ASK)
C2[T]
toaskaquestion,especiallyin aformalsituationsuch as ameeting:
(尤指在正式场合)提出(问题),质询Can we go back to thequestionthat Helena posedearlier?我们能否回到海伦娜早先提出的那个问题上去?
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- beatsomethingout ofsomeone
- bombard
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- pin
- putsomeonetosomethingidiom
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- rhetorical question
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom
poseverb(POSITION)
C1[I]
tomoveinto andstayin aparticularposition, inorderto bephotographed,painted, etc.:
摆好姿势(拍照)We all posedforourphotographsnext to theStatueofLiberty.我们都在自由女神像边摆好了姿势拍照。
Posture
- attitude
- bearing
- carriage
- carry
- crossed
- deportment
- orthostatic
- position
- postural
- posture
- power pose
- power posing
- strike
- strike an attitudeidiom
- suck
- sucksomethingin
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Sitting and standing
poseverb(PRETEND)
[I]
topretendto be something that you are not or to havequalitiesthat you do not have, inorderto beadmiredorattractinterest:
假装,冒充;装腔作势He doesn't reallyknowa thing about thetheatre- he's just posing!他其实对戏剧一无所知——他只是在装腔作势!
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- massage
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- professed
- purport
- quackery
Phrasal verb
pose assomeone
pose
noun
uk/pəʊz/us/poʊz/posenoun(POSITION)
[C]
aparticularpositionin which apersonstands,sits, etc. inorderto bephotographed,painted, etc.:
(为拍照、画像等摆出的)样子,姿势Headopted/assumed/struck(=movedinto)anelegantpose.他摆出一副优雅的姿势。
Posture
- attitude
- bearing
- carriage
- carry
- crossed
- deportment
- orthostatic
- position
- postural
- posture
- power pose
- power posing
- strike
- strike an attitudeidiom
- suck
- sucksomethingin
posenoun(PRETENDING)
[Cusually singular]
anoccasionwhen someonepretendsto havequalitiesthat they do not have:
装腔作势Shelikestoappearas if sheknowsall about thelatestfilmsandartexhibitions, but it's all a pose(= she'spretendingand it's nottrue).她喜欢摆出一副对最新电影和艺术展无所不知的样子,但不过是装腔作势而已。
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- massage
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- professed
- purport
- quackery