composure

英 [kəm'pəʊʒə]美
  • n. 镇静；沉着
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1. com- "intensive prefix" + pos- (paus-) + -ure.

中文词源

composure 平静

来自compose, 组成，安置，使调和的。

英文词源

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."

双语例句

1. For a minute he looked uncertain, and then recovered his composure.
有一小会儿他看上去有些迟疑不定，之后又恢复了镇定。
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2. It took him a while to regain his composure.
他过了一会儿才恢复镇定。
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3. 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。
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4. The cross-legged deity exudes wisdom and composure.
盘腿而坐的神像散发出智慧与沉静的气息。
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5. At that, Reno lost her cool composure.
听了那句话，雷诺失去了冷静。
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