VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤appear, be, look, seem, stand顯得鎮定;泰然自若;看上去鎮定;好像鎮定;處於平衡狀態◇She stood poised for a moment.她平穩地站立了一會兒。➤remain保持鎮靜ADVERB➤delicately, finely優雅地平衡▸➤perfectly完美地平衡◇His manner was perfectly poised between gravity and teasing.他的言談舉止既不嚴肅,又非調侃,真是恰到好處。PREPOSITION➤above, over懸在⋯上方◇Peter hesitated, his hand poised above the telephone.彼得將手懸在電話上方,猶豫着。➤between, for懸在⋯之間;準備做⋯◇They hovered by the door, poised for flight.他們在門旁徘徊,隨時準備撒腿就跑。PHRASES➤poised on the brink of sth, poised on the edge of sth, poised on the threshold of sth處於⋯邊緣◇The two countries were poised on the brink of war.這兩個國家處於交戰的邊緣。