单词 | attitude |
释义 | attitude/ˈatɪtjuːd /noun 1A settled way of thinking or feeling about something: he was questioned on his attitude to South Africa being competitive is an attitude of mind...
Synonyms point of view, view, viewpoint, vantage point, frame of mind, way of thinking, way of looking at things, school of thought, outlook, angle, slant, perspective, reaction, stance, standpoint, position, inclination, orientation, approach; opinion, ideas, belief, convictions, feelings, sentiments, persuasion, thoughts, thinking, interpretation 1.1A position of the body indicating a particular mental state: the boy was standing in an attitude of despair...
Synonyms position, posture, pose, stance, stand; bearing, deportment, comportment, carriage 1.2 Ballet A position in which one leg is lifted behind with the knee bent at right angles and turned out, and the corresponding arm is raised above the head, the other extended to the side.The women hobble and stretch on point, doing something looking like an attitude, the knee isn't raised, but the leg stretches out from the knee....
2 [mass noun] informal, chiefly North American Truculent or uncooperative behaviour: I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude...
2.1Individuality and self-confidence: she snapped her fingers with attitude...
3The orientation of an aircraft or spacecraft, relative to the direction of travel.Although the pilot cannot deliberately overshoot the attitude limitation, the aircraft can....
OriginLate 17th century (denoting the placing or posture of a figure in art): from French, from Italian attitudine 'fitness, posture', from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus 'fit'. Rhymes |
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