composure
英 [kəm'pəʊʒə]
美
TEM8 GRE
1. com- "intensive prefix" + pos- (paus-) + -ure.
- 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."
- 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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