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单词 composure
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composure

noun
/kəmˈpəʊʒə(r)/
/kəmˈpəʊʒər/
[uncountable]
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  1. the state of being calm and in control of your feelings or behaviour
    • to keep/lose/recover/regain your composure
    • He maintained his composure despite a desperate desire to laugh.
    Extra Examples
    • She answered with perfect composure.
    • She closed her eyes for a moment, to gather her composure.
    • She totally lost her composure and began shouting.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • calm
    • cool
    • perfect
    verb + composure
    • hold
    • keep
    • maintain
    preposition
    • with composure
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘composing, composition’): from compose + -ure.
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