self-possession

释义

self（自己）+ possession（占有）=「对自我的占有」。即「拥有自己」——情绪和神经仍归你所掌控，不被慌乱劫持。核心意象：沉着的人完全「持有」着自己的心智。

常用搭配

• 1.remarkable self-possession非凡的沉着
• 2.maintain self-possession保持自制力
• 3.air of self-possession泰然自若的气度
• 4.lose one's self-possession失去镇定

例句

• 1.

  She answered the hostile questions with remarkable self-possession.

  面对充满敌意的提问，她回答得异常镇定。

• 2.

  He lost his self-possession only once, when the verdict was read.

  他只在宣读裁决的那一刻失去过镇定。