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词汇 self-possessed
释义 self-possessed
adjective
uk /ˌself.pəˈzest/ us /ˌself.pəˈzest/
calm and in control of your emotions at all times: 自信
She is a confident and self-possessed public speaker.她是一个自信而沉着的演说家。
She struck me as an extremely self-possessed young woman with a lot of presence.她让我觉得她是一个极其沉着镇定的年轻女性,很有气场。
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self-possession
Despite the occasional flash of irritability, he sounded calm and self-possessed.
Where did this remarkably self-possessed young woman get her special talent from?
He seemed too self-possessed and self-aware to let any challenges affect him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling emotions
anger management
blackmail
bottle
bottle something up
breaking point
choke
compose
cork
dysregulated
dysregulation
emotional blackmailidiom
fight back
frustrated
play it coolidiom
put on a brave faceidiom
repress
repressed
repression
self-possessedly
temperate

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Calm and relaxed

Examples of self-possessed


self-possessed
They, too, nurtured the dream of an expansive civil society built not upon savage barter but upon transactions among self-possessed, moneyed persons.
The artist stresses thereby the self-possessed, cold professionalism of the assailant.
The child has been quite self-possessed.
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He was fond of reading, intelligent, and self-possessed.
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He was a quiet, self-possessed boy and grew into a strong and noble young man.
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Bane is a devious child -- charming, but ambitious, and totally self-possessed.
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In both films, she played a self-possessed, elderly married woman.
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On rising from the piano, he was always the same quiet, respectable, self-possessed, middle-aged gentleman that he was at the dinner table of his hotel.
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She had a penetrating voice, and was thoroughly self-possessed in public speaking.
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Instead, they present themselves as young women with demands and desires, proudly hard-bodied and self-possessed.
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They are described as greedy, self-possessed creatures, and the major antagonist commonly uses them as mercenaries or summoned monsters.
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He appeared self-possessed and decided and was popular amongst his men because of his care for their concerns.
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