Synonym: bearing, carriage, position, posture, pretense. Similar words: expose, impose, suppose, compose, oppose, opposed, propose, proposed. Meaning: [pəʊz] n. 1. affected manners intended to impress others 2. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes 3. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. v. 1. introduce 2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes 3. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions 4. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others 5. put into a certain place or abstract location 6. be a mystery or bewildering to.
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211, For drug companies, the placebo effect can pose an obstacle to profits--if their medications fail to outperform placebos in clinical trials, they won't get approved by the FDA.
212, In addition, tuberculosis, as well as seasonal influenza caused by pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis and other infectious diseases also pose a serious threat.
213, The portly bank manager, Su Dapeng, offers to take us hunting for wildfowl and to pose for a portrait.
214, The pose that sleep in order to lie on one's back best, lest sideways squashs breast.