| 单词 | equanimity |
| 释义 | equa·nim·i·ty 1. obsolete 2. < the inner life where the rational soul may cultivate equanimity in defiance of all outward circumstances — Reinhold Niebuhr > 3. < rest restored the strained muscles to physical equanimity — Richard Jefferies > < perfection … was nothing but perfect equanimity and harmony — John Galsworthy > Synonyms: < Stoicism teaches men … to accept with proud equanimity the misfortunes of life — W.R.Inge > < even direct insult did not disturb his equanimity > composure usually suggests the achievement or the maintenance of self-possession or the appearance of self-possession by design or by effort of will, especially under trying circumstances < we have to call upon our whole people — men, women, and children alike — to stand up with composure and fortitude to the fire of the enemy — Sir Winston Churchill > < in the composure of his manner, he was unaltered — Charles Dickens > phlegm signifies an imperturbability usually ascribable to a certain sluggishness or slowness of mental or emotional response < to react to terrible news with phlegm > < Clare was always restless; she had none of Jane's phlegm and stolidity — Rose Macaulay > sangfroid usually suggests a constitutional coldness or a preternatural self-possession, especially under strain < in his feeling that most men were fools, in his sangfroid and his scorn of what “folks would say” — Van Wyck Brooks > < Rachmaninoff, who in spite of his apparent sangfroid had a very sensitive nervous system — Charles O'Connell > |
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