posture

Körperhaltung, Haltung

Art, wie man seinen Körper beim Sitzen, Stehen oder Bewegen hält.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: position, stance

Häufige Wendungen: good posture, poor posture, sitting posture

sich aufspielen, Überzeugungen vortäuschen

So tun, als glaube man fest an etwas, meist um andere zu beeindrucken.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

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

Synonyme: grandstand

Häufige Wendungen: posture for voters, posture as something

posieren, sich in Szene setzen

Sich auf bestimmte Weise verhalten oder hinstellen, um einen Eindruck zu erwecken.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: posture as someone/something (He postured as a fearless leader.)

Synonyme: pose

Häufige Wendungen: posture for cameras, posture as something

posieren

Den Körper in bestimmte Positionen bringen, um Aufmerksamkeit oder Bewunderung zu bekommen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: posture for someone/something (The athletes postured for the cameras.)

Synonyme: pose

Häufige Wendungen: posture before someone, posture for cameras