| 词汇 | composure |
| 释义 | composureWord family adjectivecomposedcompositionaladverbcomposedlynouncomposednesscomposercompositioncomposureverbcompose com·po·sure /kəmˈpəʊʒə $ -ˈpoʊʒər/ noun [uncountableU] CALMthe state of feeling or seeming calm 冷静，镇定 recover/regain your composure (=become calm after feeling angry or upset) 恢复镇定 Carter looked stunned, but he soon regained his composure. 卡特看上去大吃一惊，但很快又恢复了镇定。 keep/maintain your composure (=stay calm) 保持冷静 The widow broke down in tears, but her daughters maintained their composure. 寡妇失声痛哭，但她的女儿们都保持着冷静。 He has lost his composure under the pressure of the situation. 他不堪形势的压力，失去了冷静。 Examples from the Corpus composure• She was trying desperately to regain her composure.• Slowly a sense of her own power made itself clear to her, and she regained her composure.• He spoke without much prompting and I was encouraged by his composure.• Its owners showed far less composure, and streamed towards us from all sides.• Wagner remembered that Tuesday with quiet composure, neither tearful nor vengeful.• Her rickety composure had nothing whatever to do with him.• Gone was the vagueness, gone the composure. lost ... composure• And in the face of a challenge far greater than athletic competition, she never lost her composure.• Another cadet - freckled Hake Bjortson - totally lost his composure. (1500-1600) compose |
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