posture

姿勢

座る、立つ、動くときの体の構え方。

やさしい英語で： The way you hold your body when sitting, standing, or moving.

• Keep a good posture when you sit.
• Her posture improved after months of exercise.
• The instructor corrected our standing postures.

類義語： position, stance

よく使う表現： good posture, poor posture, sitting posture

信念があるふりをする、見栄を張る

人によく思われようとして、強い信念を持っているふりをする。

やさしい英語で： To pretend to strongly believe something, usually to impress other people.

• The politicians are just posturing.
• He postured as a champion of free speech.
• They spent the debate posturing for their supporters.

使い方： posture as someone/something (She postured as a defender of workers.); posture for someone/something (The politicians were posturing for the television audience.)

類義語： grandstand

よく使う表現： posture for voters, posture as something

格好をつける、気取る

人に特定の印象を与えようとして、態度や姿勢を作る。

やさしい英語で： To act or stand in a particular way to create an impression.

• He postured as a confident leader.
• The guests postured for the cameras.
• She was posturing to impress the audience.

使い方： posture as someone/something (He postured as a fearless leader.)

類義語： pose

よく使う表現： posture for cameras, posture as something

ポーズを取る

人の目を引いたり、ほめられたりするために体でポーズを取る。

やさしい英語で： To hold your body in positions intended to make people notice or admire you.

• He postured in front of the mirror.
• The dancers postured to show off their costumes.
• She watched him posturing for the photographers.

使い方： posture for someone/something (The athletes postured for the cameras.)

類義語： pose

よく使う表現： posture before someone, posture for cameras