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Ure Composure 13155.Composure 英 Kəm'pəʊʒə]美 释义 N 镇静;沉着

正面 13155.composure
英 [kəm'pəʊʒə]美

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释义:
n. 镇静;沉着
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。

1. com- "intensive prefix" + pos- (paus-) + -ure.
composure 平静来自compose, 组成,安置,使调和的。
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.""

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