| 单词 | poise |
| 释义 | poise (once / 610 pages) 1vn 2n 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. WORD FAMILYpoise: poised, poises, poising USAGE EXAMPLESAnd 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) 1 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 2Syn|Hyper aplomb, assuredness, cool, sang-froid calm, calmness, composure, equanimity steadiness of mind under stress 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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