composure
英[k?m'p????]
美
- n. 鎮(zhèn)靜；沉著
助記提示
1. com- "intensive prefix" + pos- (paus-) + -ure.
中文詞源
composure 平靜
來自compose, 組成，安置，使調(diào)和的。
英文詞源
- composure (n.)
- c. 1600, "composition" (also, in early use, with many senses now given to compound), from compose + -ure. Sense of "tranquility, calmness" is first recorded 1660s, from composed "calm" (1620s). For sense, compare colloquial to fall apart "to lose one's composure."
雙語例句
- 1. For a minute he looked uncertain, and then recovered his composure.
- 有一小會兒他看上去有些遲疑不定，之后又恢復了鎮(zhèn)定。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It took him a while to regain his composure.
- 他過了一會兒才恢復鎮(zhèn)定。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
- 她只停頓了一小會兒讓自己恢復平靜，然后講述了她無比痛苦的經(jīng)歷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The cross-legged deity exudes wisdom and composure.
- 盤腿而坐的神像散發(fā)出智慧與沉靜的氣息。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. At that, Reno lost her cool composure.
- 聽了那句話，雷諾失去了冷靜。
來自柯林斯例句