pose

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pose1 /pəʊz $ poʊz/ W3 AWL verb

1 CAUSEcause problem 引起问题 [transitiveT] to exist in a way that may cause a problem, danger, difficulty etc 造成，引起，产生〔问题、危险、困难等〕

pose a threat/danger/risk

Officials claim the chemical poses no real threat.

官员们称这种化学物质不会构成实际的威胁。

pose something to/for somebody/something

The events pose a challenge to the church’s leadership.

这些事件对教会的领导地位构成了威胁。

Rising unemployment is posing serious problems for the administration.

失业率上升正在给政府造成严重的问题。

2 picture 图片 [intransitiveI]AVTCP to sit or stand in a particular position in order to be photographed or painted, or to make someone do this 〔为照相或画像而〕（使）摆好姿势

pose for

We posed for photographs.

我们摆好姿势准备拍照。

3 pose a question ASK A QUESTIONto ask a question, especially one that needs to be carefully thought about 提出问题〔尤指需要仔细考虑的问题〕

In her book she poses the question ‘How much do we need to be happy?’.

她在书里提出了这样一个问题﹕“我们要拥有多少才能快乐？”

Examples from the Corpus

pose a question• He survived the surgery, and I cautiously began to pose questions.• Yet these two enemies are also enemies of each other, which poses a question.• That poses a question about their very nature.• Simply put, eVote lets people pose questions and conduct votes using e-mail.• It is open to the House to ask for reports, and it can pose questions at any time.• Olajuwon stopped by to visit and pose a question: Could Pond help him get to college in the United States?• In their minds, buying a gown poses questions more complicated than chiffon or lace.• The magazine posed a list of questions to each of the candidates.

4 pose as somebody PRETENDto pretend to be someone else, in order to deceive people 冒充某人

Bryce was caught posing as a lawyer.

布赖斯冒充律师被人识破。

Examples from the Corpus

pose as somebody• Cox posed as a doctor to gain entrance to the day care center.

5. to impress people 为引起人们注意 [intransitiveI]SHOW OFF to dress or behave like a rich and fashionable person in order to make other people notice you or admire you 〔衣着或行为〕招摇；装腔作势

n COLLOCATIONS

nouns

pose a threat/danger/risk

The chemical leak poses a threat to human health.

pose a problem

A flood of refugees could pose a serious problem for neighbouring countries.

pose difficulties

Physical education and games pose difficulties for short-sighted children.

pose a challenge

The material being taught must pose a challenge to pupils.

pose a dilemma (=cause a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do)

In the future, the possibility of genetic testing on unborn children will pose a dilemma for parents.

Examples from the Corpus

pose• These are not tremendously forceful answers to the thorny questions posed.• The discrepancies between these different analyses pose a number of problems.• Moving away from the camera, Alvin posed beside Rose Garden tubeworms, providing unarguable proof of dimension.• In answer to a question posed by a congressman.• Winning meant standing on a podium, smiling for cameras and posing for pictures.• In the end, however, these drugs pose logistical difficulties for most poor countries because it is a high-maintenance therapy.• Ordering and analysing the output of the mass media obviously pose particular problems.

posing ... problems• It is introducing more of the latter which is posing the biggest problems.• It occupied him without posing intractable problems.• In structuralist theory the language of criticism ends up posing as many problems as the language of literature.• Questions like these dealing with real people with real motives and posing problems, can slowly help to develop understanding.• Persistent truants, those truanting for weeks at a time, were seen as posing intractable problems for schools.

pose for• A group of fans wanted Romano to pose for pictures.

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