名詞 posture:

1. the arrangement of the body and its limbs
   同義詞：position, attitude
2. characteristic way of bearing one's body
   同義詞：carriage, bearing
3. a rationalized mental attitude
   同義詞：position, stance
4. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
   同義詞：military capability, military strength, strength, military posture

動(dòng)詞 posture:

1. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
   同義詞：pose
2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   同義詞：model, pose, sit

1. The artist asked his model to take a reclining posture.
   畫家要求模特取斜倚著的姿勢(shì)。
2. She has very good posture.
   她舉止很優(yōu)雅。
3. The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.
   政府在獨(dú)立的問題上采取了毫不妥協(xié)的態(tài)度。

pos.ture

n.（名詞）

A position of the body or of body parts:
姿勢(shì)：身體或身體某部位的姿勢(shì)：
例句：
a sitting posture.
坐姿

An attitude; a pose:
態(tài)度；姿態(tài)：
例句：
assumed a posture of angry defiance.
采取憤怒的蔑視態(tài)度

A characteristic way of bearing one`s body; carriage:
姿態(tài)，儀態(tài)：有特色的舉止方式；儀態(tài)：
例句：
stood with good posture.
優(yōu)雅的站姿

Relative placement or arrangement:
相對(duì)位置：相對(duì)的布置或安排：
例句：
the posture of the buildings on the land.
建筑物在陸地上的相對(duì)位置

A stance or disposition with regard to something:
形勢(shì)，立場(chǎng)：有關(guān)某事的立場(chǎng)或處置：
例句：
.Those bases are essential to our military posture in the Middle East.(Gerard Smith)
.那些軍事基地對(duì)于我們?cè)谥袞|的軍事立場(chǎng)十分重要.(杰拉爾德·史密斯)

A frame of mind affecting one`s thoughts or behavior; an overall attitude.
心境，態(tài)度：影響某人思想或行為的心理狀態(tài)；總體態(tài)度
v.（動(dòng)詞）
pos.tured,pos.tur.ing,pos.tures
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To assume an exaggerated or unnatural pose or mental attitude; attitudinize.
裝模作樣，做出夸張的姿勢(shì)：呈現(xiàn)夸張或不自然的姿勢(shì)或心理態(tài)度；裝模作樣
To assume a pose.
擺姿勢(shì)
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To put into a specific posture; pose.
使擺姿勢(shì)：使擺出某種姿勢(shì)；擺好姿勢(shì)

來源：
French
法語
from Italian postura
源自 意大利語 postura
from Latin positôra [position]
源自 拉丁語 positôra [位置]
from positus [past participle of] pônere [to place] * see apo-
源自 positus [] pônere的過去分詞 [放置] *參見 apo-

【引伸】
pos.tural
adj.（形容詞）
pos.turer 或
pos.turist
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>posture,attitude,carriage,pose,stanceThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a position of the body and limbs.:
所有這些名詞的中心意思是.身體與四肢的姿勢(shì).：
例句：
erect posture;
直立姿勢(shì)；

例句：
an attitude of prayer;
祈禱者的態(tài)度；

例句：
dignified carriage;
高雅的舉止；

例句：
a defiant pose;
挑釁的姿勢(shì)；

例句：
the alert stance of a batter in baseball.
棒球擊球手的擊球姿勢(shì)。