deportment UK [dɪ'pɔ:t.mənt] US [-'pɔ:rt-] formal noun uncountable ■the way a person walks and stands (行走、站立的)姿态,仪态•to have good/bad deportment仪态优美/不雅 •speech and deportment lessons演讲与仪态课程 ■the way a person behaves 举止,风度•Throughout the ordeal of her husband's funeral, Mrs Kennedy was a model of deportment (= behaved in a controlled and calm way).在丈夫的葬礼上,甘乃迪太太忍受着悲痛,自始至终保持冷静克制。 |