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

• Phillip admired Tom's arrogance and self-possession.
  菲利普欣赏汤姆的傲慢和沉着。
• 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。
• "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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• Or chanting when under duress, Im not a loser. Yet when she isnt mooning or abasing herself to win the attention of a handsome fellow intern, she shows off a preternatural self-possession, the girl with all the answers.
  或者在受欺负时念咒我不是个失败者然而当她毫不费力的赢得了英俊的实习生的注意时，她又展现出了异常的沉着，这个女孩有着所有的答案。
• She was standing by him at her full height, in quiet majestic self-possession.
  她正挺直着身子站在他身边，神情严肃，沉静，自制。
• Of course, in 1990s, in its seeming decline, there was still an implied intention for reportage literature to adjust itself, which is called "the entry into quiet self-possession" by some writers.
  当然，1990年代的报告文学在看似蜕变的背后实际上仍然隐含着一种调适的企图，有人称之为走向沉静。
• 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。
• Public Practice and Man's Self-improvement and the Significant Structure of Self-possession& Individual Activities and the Ideality of Marxist Community
  公共性实践的逻辑与人类自我造就和自为拥有的意义结构&现实个人的自主活动与马克思社群共同体的理想