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单词 poised
释义
poised
adjective
uk
/pɔɪzd/us
/pɔɪzd/

poisedadjective(WAITING)

[after verb]
If anobjector apartofyourbodyis poised, it iscompletelystill butreadytomoveat anymoment:
平衡的；作好准备的，摆好姿势的
Mypencilwas poised over thepage,readyto take down her words.我的铅笔对准了本子，随时准备记下她的话。
[after verb]
readyto do aparticularthing at anymoment:
准备就绪的
[+ to infinitive]Thecompanyis poisedtolaunchitsnewadvertisingcampaign.公司随时准备发起新的广告攻势。
Themilitaryforcesare poisedforattack.军队准备随时发起进攻。
More examples
  • Shewatcheda littlewhitebird, poised on abranchandflutteringitswings.
  • Hesatwith hispencilpoised,readyto takenotes.
  • Herfingerwas poised on thecameraas shewaitedfor them to taketheirpositions.
  • The twoguardsstoodpoised withtheirshieldsandswordsraised.
  • Theystoodtheirwaiting, poised foraction.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ready and willing
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • atsomeone'sbeck and callidiom
  • atyourcommandidiom
  • be chafing at the bitidiom
  • beck
  • command
  • eager
  • eagerly
  • fain
  • find it inyourheart to dosomethingidiom
  • finger
  • gamely
  • keen
  • prepared
  • raring
  • readily
  • readiness
  • ready
  • shape
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poisedadjective(CONTROLLED)

approving
showingverycalmandcontrolledbehaviour
沉着的，泰然自若的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calm and relaxed
  • (as) cool as a cucumberidiom
  • at (your) leisureidiom
  • be at peace with the worldidiom
  • calmly
  • calmness
  • easy-going
  • equilibrium
  • free-flowing
  • gaily
  • genteel
  • harmonious
  • non-hysterical
  • peaceably
  • peacefully
  • peacefulness
  • phlegm
  • placid
  • sedate
  • without a care in the worldidiom
  • zen
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(Definition ofpoisedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

poised| American Dictionary

poised
adjective
us
/pɔɪzd/

poisedadjective(READY)

[not gradable]
readytomove, orpreparedandwaitingfor something tohappen:
Thelionwas poised tostrike.

poisedadjective(CONFIDENT)

calmandconfident:
Angela is apolite, poisedyoungwoman.
(Definition ofpoisedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

poised| Business English

poised
adjective
uk
/pɔɪzd/us
[after verb]
readyto do aparticularthing at anymoment:
poised to do sthThepublicpensionfundis poised toinvestup to $1.5billionover the nextyear.
The City is poised for amajorannouncementon the airline'sfarestrategy.
showingverycalmandcontrolledbehaviour:
Sheremainedpoisedthroughoutthedifficultpresentation.
(Definition ofpoisedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoised

poised
They are a privileged group,poisedat the forefront of technological knowledge-based work.
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The waxwork blacksmith, for example, could bepoisedready to strike with his hammer at the forge.
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Professional ethicists arepoisedto turn their attention to neuroscience.
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From here they arepoisedto reinfest the newly flushed leaves produced by the defoliated tree.
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He waspoisedto adopt these approaches without condition.
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Beingpoisedand being able to carry them out are different matters.
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The central relationship of the poem is apparently unresolved,poisedbetween anchored commitment and undone moorings.
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They were nowpoisedfor the final showdown.
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They are ratherpoisedbetween alternatives in the knowledge of their outcome, a rhetoric that historical writing can hope to imitate only in part.
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We arepoisedon the edge of the precipice of either great discoveries or major disasters.
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To be visually conscious in general is to bepoisedto become aware of a present feature (that is, to become transitively conscious of it).
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In contrast, a player who is truly free andpoisedwill be able to move or remain still with little change to the performance.
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Poisedbefore his empty staves, what does the composer do if not improvise?
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Pressure to implement the latest technology the fastest is real, as the earliest innovators arepoisedto reap the (potentially) biggest gains65.
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History as a discipline ispoiseduncomfortably, but unavoidably, between the need to tell a story and the need to tell the truth, between rhetoric and science.
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