1 [T] to create or give sb sth that he/she has to deal with 引起;造成;提出:
to pose a problem/threat/challenge/risk造成问题;造成威胁;提出挑战;构成风险to pose (= ask) a question提出一个问题
2 [I] to sit or stand in a particular position for a painting, photograph, etc (为绘画、拍照等)摆姿势:
After the wedding we all posed for photographs.婚礼后,我们所有人都摆好姿势拍照。
3 [I] pose as sb/sth to pretend to be sb/sth 假扮;乔装;冒充:
The robbers got into the house by posing as telephone engineers.那些劫匪假扮电话工程人员进入房子。
4 [I] to behave in a way that is intended to impress people who see you 装模作样,矫揉做作(藉以给人好印象):
They hardly swam at all. They just sat posing at the side of the pool.他们根本没有游泳,只是装模作样坐在游泳池旁边。
pose²
/pəʊz ||; poz/noun[C]
1 a position in which sb stands, sits, etc especially in order to be painted or photographed 摆好姿势(尤指为了让人绘画或拍照)
2 a way of behaving that is intended to impress people who see you 装模作样
pose1/poz; pəʊz/v 1 pose a threat/problem/risk/danger etc to cause a problem, danger etc 造成威胁/问题/风险/危险等: Officials claim the chemical poses no threat to health. 官员称这种化学物不会对健康构成威胁。2 [I] to sit or stand in a particular position in order to be photographed or painted〔为拍照或画像而〕摆好姿势: +for The winning team posed for photographs. 获胜队摆好姿势准备拍照。3 pose a questionformal to ask a difficult question【正式】提出问题: Her book poses several interesting questions about the relationship between mental and physical health. 她的书就精神健康和身体健康之间的关系提出了几个有趣的问题。pose as sbphr v to pretend to be someone else in order to deceive people 冒充〔某人〕: He obtained the drugs by posing as a doctor. 他冒充医生弄到了那些药。
pose2n 1 [C] the position in which someone stands or sits, especially in a photograph or painting〔尤指画像或拍照时摆的〕姿势: She stood in an aggressive pose with one hand on her hip. 她一只手叉腰﹐摆出一副挑衅的姿态站着。2 [singular 单数] when someone pretends to have a quality or opinion that they do not really have 做作﹐装腔作势的举止: He looked confident but she knew it was a pose. 他看起来自信﹐但她知道这只是装装样子而已。