com·port /kəmˈpɔːt $ -ˈpɔːrt/ verb 1 comport yourself formalBEHAVE to behave in a particular way 表现,行动,行为,举止 He comported himself in a way that won him respect. 他的行为为自己赢得了尊重。
comport yourself• A paradigm tells us what things are like, how the world is, and how we should comport ourselves in it.• Many animals show inherited differences in how they comport themselves.• This is not to say that our soldiers, sailors and airmen have not comported themselves bravely when asked to do so.• He comported himself so stiffly during cocktails that Jim Maier suspected the bishop might be feeling intimidated.• Leo comported himself very professionally. —comportment noun [uncountableU]