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单词 self-possession
释义 self-poˈssession
[self- 1 d.]
Command of one's faculties or feelings; self-command, composure.
1745J. Mason Self-Knowl. ii. i. (1853) 135 To preserve an Equanimity and Self-possession under all the various scenes of Adversity and Prosperity.1821Scott Kenilw. xv, The youth underwent the gaze of Majesty, not the less gracefully that his self-possession was mingled with embarrassment.1878Gladstone Prim. Hom. 112 The self-possession and self-command of every Greek are perfect.
transf.1859Lang Wand. India 314 A low flight of steps on which the ponies pass up and down with extraordinary self-possession.
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