poise

poise

英 [pɒɪz]
　　美 [pɔɪz]

n. 平衡；姿勢；鎮靜
　　vt. 使平衡；保持...姿勢
　　vi. 平衡；準備好；懸著
　　n. (Poise)人名；(法)普瓦斯

中文詞源：

poise 使平衡，穩定

來自法語pois,重量，稱量，平衡，來自拉丁語pensum,稱重，重物，來自pendere,懸掛，稱量，詞源同pendulum,ponder.引申詞義使穩定，平衡。

例句：

1. It took a moment for Mark to recover his poise.
馬克過瞭一會兒才恢復鎮靜。

2. What amazed him even more than her appearance was her poise.
她的容貌讓他驚嘆，而更讓他驚訝的是她的沉著。

3. Even when he moved he did so without poise.
他就連走起路來也姿勢難看。

4. She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.
她是一位儀態優雅的佳麗.

5. She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise.
她猶豫片刻,但很快恢復瞭鎮靜.