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poise

noun
/pɔɪz/
/pɔɪz/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a calm and confident manner with control of your feelings or behaviour沉着自信；穩重；自若
    • His performance was full of maturity and poise.他的表演充滿了成熟和沉着。
    • She seemed embarrassed for a moment but quickly recovered her poise.她看上去有短暫的尴尬，但很快就恢複鎮定。
    Extra Examples
    • She never lost her social poise, however awkward the situation.不管場面有多尴尬，她從未在社交場上失態。
    • He struggled to retain his poise.他努力保持平衡。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • natural
    • social
    • extraordinary
    • …
    verb + poise
    • retain
    • show
    • lose
    • …
    See full entry
  2. the ability to move or stand in an attractive way with good control of your body優雅的舉止；儀態
    • the natural poise and balance of the body身體的自然姿態與平衡
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • natural
    • social
    • extraordinary
    • …
    verb + poise
    • retain
    • show
    • lose
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘weight’): from Old French pois, peis (noun), peser (verb), from an alteration of Latin pensum ‘weight’, from the verb pendere ‘weigh’. From the early senses of ‘weight’ and ‘measure of weight’ arose the sense of ‘equal weight, balance’, leading to the extended senses ‘composure’ and ‘elegant bearing’.

poise

verb
/pɔɪz/
/pɔɪz/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they poise
/pɔɪz/
/pɔɪz/
he / she / it poises
/ˈpɔɪzɪz/
/ˈpɔɪzɪz/
past simple poised
/pɔɪzd/
/pɔɪzd/
past participle poised
/pɔɪzd/
/pɔɪzd/
-ing form poising
/ˈpɔɪzɪŋ/
/ˈpɔɪzɪŋ/
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  1. to be or hold something steady in a particular position, especially above something else（尤指在…上方）保持（某種姿勢）；（使）保持平穩
    • + adv./prep. The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.老鷹在半空中盤旋，準備俯沖。
    • poise something/yourself to do something He was poising himself to launch a final attack.他穩定住自己，以發動最後攻擊。
    • poise something/yourself + adv./prep. She poised the javelin in her hand before the throw.她把標槍握穩，然後投了出去。
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘weight’): from Old French pois, peis (noun), peser (verb), from an alteration of Latin pensum ‘weight’, from the verb pendere ‘weigh’. From the early senses of ‘weight’ and ‘measure of weight’ arose the sense of ‘equal weight, balance’, leading to the extended senses ‘composure’ and ‘elegant bearing’.

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