attitude

• n.態度；見解；意見；姿勢

aptitudeの変化形。もともとは絵画や彫像のモデルのポーズを指し、通常は優雅に見えるが、後に傲慢な態度を指すようになった。

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.

美は年齢に関係なく態度である。

2.Remember，keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.

楽観的な心理状態を保つと、良いことが自然に起こることを覚えておいてください。dd>
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3.Your attitude ，not your aptitude，will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar

あなたの人生の高さを決めるのは、あなたの才能ではなく、あなたの態度です。

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4.He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.彼の長い生涯の中で、キリスト教信仰に対して揺れ動く態度で一貫していた。

5.We would have thought he would have a more responsible attitude .

私たちは彼がもっと責任ある態度を取ると思っていた。