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单词 poise
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poise
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If you have poise, you are cool under stress. People with poise can handle pressure without showing it.
If you’re calm while singing the national anthem in front of thirty million people, you’ve got a lot of poise. This is a rare quality people admire. Another meaning is to brace yourself for something difficult, as in: when you hear about a tornado, you're poised for more bad news. You can also be poised as in "on the brink" of something. If you stand on the diving board it could be said you’re poised to take the plunge.
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poise: poised, poises, poising
USAGE EXAMPLES
And global condemnations notwithstanding, the trend is poised to accelerate. 
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
Wasting no time, House and Senate Republicans are poised to mark the first day of the 115th Congress with resolutions condemning the U.N.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
As always, the Crimson Tide program exudes an air of quiet determination and poise.
Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)
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1v hold or carry in equilibrium
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
balance
balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
bring into balance or equilibrium
juggle
hold with difficulty and balance insecurely
bear, carry, hold
support or hold in a certain manner
2v cause to be balanced or suspended
Hyper
lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location
3v be motionless, in suspension
The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked
Hyper
hover
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
4v prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
brace
nerve, steel
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
5n a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
Hyper
equilibrium
a stable situation in which forces cancel one another
6n great coolness and composure under strain
Syn|Hyper
aplomb, assuredness, cool, sang-froid
calm, calmness, composure, equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
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n a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
Hyper
unit of viscosity
a unit of measurement for viscosity
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