| 单词 | grace under pressure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrace under pressure grace under pressure n. originally U.S. the ability to maintain or display composure in a difficult or dangerous situation; composure maintained in adverse circumstances. [There seems no support for the suggestion that the phrase is modelled on post-classical Latin suaviter in modo, fortiter in re ‘sweetly in manner, strongly in deed’ (1744 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1926 E. Hemingway Let. 20 Apr. (1981) 200 About bull fighting statement... Was not referring to guts but to something else. Grace under pressure. 1971 J. Eayrs Diplomacy & its Discontents viii. 158 The Kennedy quality of grace under pressure required pressure for the grace to show. 2012 Times (Nexis) 2 Nov. 70 His life was a proof that straightness and decency, grace under pressure, and unquenchable generosity of spirit, belong in newspapers too. < as lemmas |
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