composure

英 [kəmˈpəʊʒə(r)]

美 [kəmˈpoʊʒər]

n.  沉着; 镇静; 镇定

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Collins.1 / BNC.12402 / COCA.12757

牛津词典

noun

• 沉着；镇静；镇定
  the state of being calm and in control of your feelings or behaviour
  1. to keep/lose/recover/regain your composure
     保持 / 失去 / 恢复镇静

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 冷静;镇定;沉着
  Composureis the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
  1. For once Dimbleby lost his composure. It was all he could do to stop tears of mirth falling down his cheeks...
     这一次丁布尔比没能控制住自己的感情。他唯一能做的也就是不让欢乐的泪水流下脸庞。
  2. Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
     她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。

英英释义

noun

• steadiness of mind under stress
  1. he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
  Synonym:calmcalmnessequanimity

双语例句

• It's not far off, regain my composure and get back to the job at hand.
  没过多久，我就重新恢复镇定，回到手边的工作中。
• Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
  她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。
• After a while he washed his face and hands, and tried to regain his composure.
  过了一阵，他洗了脸和手，竭力想恢复平静。
• He accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity.
  他平静地接受了他们的问题，而她当时也显得很镇静。
• The interruption gave him time to regain his composure.
  这次中断使他有时间恢复镇静。
• I often had the impression that it works like adding some extra composure points to your attacking players.
  我经常有这样的印象，这么说了以后，你的攻击球员会在比赛中变得更加冷静和沉着；
• Nothing could ruffle the perfect composure with which she casually greets members of staff.
  什么都不能扰乱她随意地和员工打招呼时流露出的那种镇定自若。
• At that, Reno lost her cool composure.
  听了那句话，雷诺失去了冷静。
• I nervously stared into space for what seemed like minutes until I regained my composure.
  我紧张得凝视著一个地方，似乎过了许久，我才回神。
• She found a quiet place to regain her composure, and the team continued with the discussions.
  她找了一个安静的地方让自己恢复冷静，然后团队继续讨论。