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单词 poise
释义
poise
noun[U]
approving
uk
/pɔɪz/us
/pɔɪz/
calmconfidencein a person's way ofbehaving, or aqualityofgrace(=movingin anattractiveway)andbalancein the way apersonholdsormovestheirbody:
沉着，泰然自若；平衡
Helookedembarrassedfor amoment, thenquicklyregainedhis poise.他一时间显得尴尬，但很快又恢复了平静。
Herconfidenceand poise show that she is atopmodel.她的自信与镇定表明她是一个十分优秀的模特。
Synonyms
aplomb
grace(MOVEMENT)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Confidence & self-assurance
  • amour propre
  • aplomb
  • assertive
  • assertively
  • assertiveness
  • dignity
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatically
  • dogmatism
  • dogmatist
  • rakish
  • rakishly
  • rakishness
  • safe
  • safety blanket
  • surely
  • swag
  • swash
  • tall
  • to be sureidiom
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(Definition ofpoisefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

poise| American Dictionary

poise
noun[U]
us
/pɔɪz/
behavioror a way ofmovingthatshowscalmconfidence:
"Ithinkit was acredittoourteamthat wekeptourpoise," thecoachsaid, "evenwhen we were down by 21points."
(Definition ofpoisefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoise

poise
Economic recovery is underway and prices finally seem poised to rise.
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These remain poised to restore a necessary conative push as soon as afferent information has been matched intelligently against repertoires of stored plans and values.
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And that particular pendulum of professional opinion is presumably poised to reverse course yet again.
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This could represent a transition species, poised to accept ant mutualists.
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The endeavour was a serious one, typical of a certain fin-de-siecle aspiration towards male classicalpoiseand muscularity.
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Thus, endocannabinoids appear poised to modulate visual processing at multiple stages in the inner and outer retinal layers.
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Now, the model is poised to begin another stride.
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Why did it seem poised to fall at the next blow?
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The first movement is played with tremendous power and rhythmicpoise.
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The end of the century seemed to be poised on the edge of a social alternative.
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Order is poised against disorder, knowledge against ignorance, passion against dispassion, and sovereignty against its overthrow.
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Instead, there are a large number of messy, competing biochemical processes poised far from equilibrium.
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They are a privileged group, poised at the forefront of technological knowledge-based work.
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It is a perfect stage set for the outbreak of a revolution, its illuminated enlightenment boulevards poised over rat infested basements.
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This poised stillness of the flat, permafrost-covered arctic landscape contrasts with the extreme annual fluctuation of temperature and light.
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