| 单词 | poised |
| 释义 | poisedWord family adjectivepoisednounpoisepoiser poised /pɔɪzd/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 [not before noun]SOON not moving, but ready to move or do something at any moment 〔摆好姿势〕准备行动的 poised for She waited by the door like a small animal poised for flight. 她等在门边，就像一只随时准备逃走的小动物。 poised on His finger was poised on the camera’s shutter release. 他的手指按在相机的快门上。 poised to do something He stood on the edge of the roof, poised to jump. 他站在屋顶的边缘，准备往下跳。 2 [not before noun]READY completely ready to do something or for something to happen, when it is likely to happen soon 准备好〔做某事〕；蓄势待发 poised to do something Spain was poised to become the dominant power in Europe. 西班牙已准备好成为欧洲的霸主。 poised on the brink/edge of something The economy is poised on the edge of collapse. 经济处于崩溃边缘。 3 poised between something and something BALANCEto be in a position or situation in which two things have an equally strong influence 介于某事物和某事物之间的 The world stood poised between peace and war. 世界处在和平和战争之间。 Examples from the Corpus poised between something and something• Like families gathered at Christmas, social animals are poised between cooperation and conflict.• Ahead of it the Wyrmberg turned from a distant toy to several billion tons of rock poised between heaven and earth. 4 CALMbehaving in a calm confident way, and able to control your feelings and reactions 镇定的，自信的，泰然自若的，沉着的 Abigail walked to the microphone, poised and confident. 阿比盖尔镇定而自信地走向麦克风。 Examples from the Corpus poised• Miss Hazelwood stepped up from behind her desk, slender and poised and gripping the tawse.• He was like a large, beautiful cat, poised and motionless, but prepared to leap.• Heather looked poised and relaxed as she made her way to the stage.• She was poised, cheerful even.• Its poised, out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra, a white cobra.• But what was totally unfamiliar was the athleticism and poised stage presence she had achieved in such a short time.• Jason Hemmings is poised to take over from Howell in goal next season.• Now his fortunes are poised to turn full circle again.• He followed her and Urquhart to where a coolly poised young woman stood by herself, holding but not drinking her madeira. poised to do something• Hargrove is poised to become the city's first black mayor.• Beyond the window, a screen whose net curtains looked poised to fall, Karen heard voices.• A tabby cat was poised to pounce at any second.• If this trend continues, building societies are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector. 2.• Now Pol Pot is poised to return to power.• Newport looked poised to run away with it, but Bridgend refused to cave in.• Die Gruenen seem poised to step into the third party gap.• Now lecturers at the university are poised to take strike action over the affair. poised on the brink/edge of something• Now, at 18, Crowell is a teen-ager poised on the brink of adult-sized fame. 1. (1600-1700) poise “to weigh, balance” ((14-21 centuries)), from Old French peser, from Latin pensare 2. (1900-2000) → POISE |
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