/pəʊz ||; poz/verb1 [T] to create or give sb sth that he/she has to deal with 引起；造成；提出: to pose a problem/threat/challenge/risk 造成问题；造成威胁；提出挑战；构成风险to pose (= ask) a question 提出一个问题
2 [I] to sit or stand in a particular position for a painting, photograph, etc （为绘画、拍照等）摆姿势: After the wedding we all posed for photographs. 婚礼后，我们所有人都摆好姿势拍照。
3 [I] pose as sb/sth to pretend to be sb/sth 假扮；乔装；冒充: The robbers got into the house by posing as telephone engineers. 那些劫匪假扮电话工程人员进入房子。
4 [I] to behave in a way that is intended to impress people who see you 装模作样，矫揉做作（藉以给人好印象）: They hardly swam at all. They just sat posing at the side of the pool. 他们根本没有游泳，只是装模作样坐在游泳池旁边。