poise

noun

/pɔɪz/

[uncountable]

a calm and confident manner with control of your feelings or behaviour沉着自信；稳重；自若
- His performance was full of maturity and poise.他的表演充满了成熟和从容。
- She seemed embarrassed for a moment but quickly recovered her poise.她看上去有短暂的尴尬，但很快就恢复镇定。
Extra Examples
- She never lost her social poise, however awkward the situation.不管场面有多尴尬，她从未在社交场上失态。
- He struggled to retain his poise.他努力保持镇定。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- natural
- social
- extraordinary
- …
verb + poise
- retain
- show
- lose
- …
the ability to move or stand in an attractive way with good control of your body优雅的举止；仪态
- the natural poise and balance of the body身体的自然姿态与平衡
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- natural
- social
- extraordinary
- …
verb + poise
- retain
- show
- lose
- …

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘weight’): from Old French pois, peis (noun), peser (verb), from an alteration of Latin pensum ‘weight’, from the verb pendere ‘weigh’. From the early senses of ‘weight’ and ‘measure of weight’ arose the sense of ‘equal weight, balance’, leading to the extended senses ‘composure’ and ‘elegant bearing’.

poise

verb

/pɔɪz/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they poise	/pɔɪz/ /pɔɪz/
he / she / it poises	/ˈpɔɪzɪz/ /ˈpɔɪzɪz/
past simple poised	/pɔɪzd/ /pɔɪzd/
past participle poised	/pɔɪzd/ /pɔɪzd/
-ing form poising	/ˈpɔɪzɪŋ/ /ˈpɔɪzɪŋ/

to be or hold something steady in a particular position, especially above something else（尤指在…上方）保持（某种姿势）；（使）保持平稳
- + adv./prep. The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
- poise something/yourself to do something He was poising himself to launch a final attack.他稳定住自己，以发动最后的攻击。
- poise something/yourself + adv./prep. She poised the javelin in her hand before the throw.她把标枪握稳，然后投了出去。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘weight’): from Old French pois, peis (noun), peser (verb), from an alteration of Latin pensum ‘weight’, from the verb pendere ‘weigh’. From the early senses of ‘weight’ and ‘measure of weight’ arose the sense of ‘equal weight, balance’, leading to the extended senses ‘composure’ and ‘elegant bearing’.