self-possession

英 [ˌself pəˈzeʃn]

美 [ˌself pəˈzeʃn]

n.  沉着;镇静;泰然自若

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 沉着;镇静;泰然自若
  Self-possessionis the quality of being self-possessed.
  1. She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.
     她发现自己不像平时那样处事不惊了。

英英释义

noun

• the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
  Synonym:self-controlpossessionwillpowerwill powerself-commandself-will

双语例句

• "In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a deliberate shaping of all things"( William Butler Yeats).
  “在生活中礼貌和镇定，在艺术风格上是自由思想的明智反映，因为二者均出于对所有事物的有意的塑造”（威廉·巴特勒·叶芝）。
• "What seems to be the matter?" inquired Lincoln, with all the calmness and self-possession he could muster.
  这是怎么一回事？林肯询问道，他竭力保持沉着和镇静。
• Attached? Sustain patience, serenity, and your self-possession.
  有伴的需保持耐心，沉着冷静。
• In order to realize this process, we must strengthen outer controlling of morality, cultivate the mechanism of acceptance of individuals 'morals and strengthen subjects' moral self-possession.
  因此，我们必须加强外部道德调控、培育个体道德的接受机制和加强主体自身的道德修养。
• I am healthy, young-looking with the good nature of and self-possession of man.
  我有健康的身体，年轻的外貌，有男人的内涵与修养。
• Something in the precision of her walk, in her air of self-possession, reminded me of my daughter Zoe.
  她的步伐似乎很精确，好象是在自己的地盘里一样，这倒是我想起我的女儿佐伊。
• A study of self-possession of coaches in the 21st century& Enlightenment after reading Yuan Weiming's The Way of My Coaching
  对新世纪教练员修养的研究&读袁伟民《我的执教之道》的启示
• He looked surprised but soon recovered his self-possession.
  他看上去有点惊异，但很快恢复了镇静。
• Feeling that Nekhludoff wanted to lead her out into another world, she resisted him, foreseeing that she would have to lose her place in life, with the self-possession and self-respect it gave her.
  她发觉聂赫留朵夫要把她拉到另一个世界里去，就加以抵制，因为预见到在那个世界里她将丧失这样的生活地位，从而也就丧失自信心和自尊心。
• Because of his small size and fair good looks ( and maybe also because of that very quality of self-possession I had admired), the sisters were after Andy from the day he walked in.
  由于安迪长得比较矮小，生就一张俊脸，或许也因为他那特有的泰然自若的神态，他一进来就被那批姊妹看上了。