attitude

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attitude 態(tài)度

aptitude的變體。原指繪畫或雕像時模特的姿勢，通常都看起來比較優(yōu)雅，后指傲慢的態(tài)度。

attitude: attitude: [17] In origin, attitude is the same word as aptitude. Both come ultimately from late Latin aptitūdō. In Old French this became aptitude, which English acquired in the 15th century, but in Italian it became attitudine, which meant ‘disposition’ or ‘posture’. This was transmitted via French attitude to English, where at first it was used as a technical term in art criticism, meaning the ‘disposition of a figure in a painting’. The metaphorical sense ‘mental position with regard to something’ developed in the early 19th century.
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attitude (n.): 1660s, via French attitude (17c.), from Italian attitudine "disposition, posture," also "aptness, promptitude," from Late Latin aptitudinem (nominative aptitudo; see aptitude). Originally 17c. a technical term in art for the posture of a figure in a statue or painting; later generalized to "a posture of the body supposed to imply some mental state" (1725). Sense of "settled behavior reflecting feeling or opinion" is first recorded 1837. Connotations of "antagonistic and uncooperative" developed by 1962 in slang.

1. Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.: 美是一種態(tài)度，與年齡無關(guān)。

2. Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.: 記住：保持樂觀的心態(tài)，好事自然會發(fā)生。

3. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar: 決定你人生高度的，不是你的才能，而是你的態(tài)度。

4. He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.: 在他漫長的一生中，他對基督教信仰始終是一種搖擺不定的態(tài)度。

5. We would have thought he would have a more responsible attitude.: 我們本以為他會采取更負責的態(tài)度。