recover/regain your composure (=become calm after feeling angry or upset) 恢复镇定
Carter looked stunned, but he soon regained his composure.
卡特看上去大吃一惊,但很快又恢复了镇定。
keep/maintain your composure (=stay calm) 保持冷静
The widow broke down in tears, but her daughters maintained their composure.
寡妇失声痛哭,但她的女儿们都保持着冷静。
He has lost his composure under the pressure of the situation.
他不堪形势的压力,失去了冷静。
Examples from the Corpus
composure• She was trying desperately to regain her composure.• Slowly a sense of her own power made itself clear to her, and she regained her composure.• He spoke without much prompting and I was encouraged by his composure.• Its owners showed far less composure, and streamed towards us from all sides.• Wagner remembered that Tuesday with quietcomposure, neither tearful nor vengeful.• Her ricketycomposure had nothing whatever to do with him.• Gone was the vagueness, gone the composure.
lost ... composure• And in the face of a challenge far greater than athleticcompetition, she never lost her composure.• Another cadet - freckledHake Bjortson - totally lost his composure.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPOSURE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤calm, cool, perfect沉着鎮靜;冷靜沉着;十足的冷靜VERB + COMPOSURE➤hold, keep, maintain, retain保持沉着▸➤lose沉不住氣◇She totally lost her composure and began shouting.她徹底按捺不住,開始大叫起來。➤gain, recover, regain恢復鎮靜➤gather逐漸恢復鎮靜◇She closed her eyes for a moment, to gather her composure.她把眼睛合上了一會兒,努力恢復鎮靜。➤ruffle擾亂鎮靜◇Nothing could ruffle his composure.沒有什麼能讓他慌亂。PREPOSITION➤with composure鎮靜地◇She answered with perfect composure.她極其鎮靜地回答。
➡ See also the entry for restraint另见restraint条composure ♦︎ poise ♦︎ calm ♦︎ coolThese are all words for the state of being in control of your feelings or behaviour, especially in difficult situations.这些词均表示镇静、沉着,尤指临事不乱。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆with composure / poise / calm◆to lose your composure / poise / cool◆to keep your composure / cool◆to recover your composure / poise■composure kəmˈpəʊʒə(r); NAmEkəmˈpoʊʒər [uncountable] (ratherformal, especiallywritten) the state of being in control of your feelings or behaviour, and having a quiet and relaxed manner沉着;镇静;镇定◆She answered with perfect composure.她从容自若地作了回答。◆He maintained his composure despite a desperate desire to laugh.尽管很想大笑出声,但他还是忍住,保持镇定。 see also composed ⇨ calmadj.■poisepɔɪz [uncountable] a calm and confident manner with control of your feelings and behaviour泰然自若;沉着自信;稳健◆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。■calm [uncountable] a quiet and relaxed manner, in control of your feelings and behaviour平静;镇静;沉着◆Alex spoke with studied calm.亚历克斯故作平静地说话。◆Her previous calm gave way to terror.她原先的平静转为恐惧。 see also calm ⇨ calmadj.■cool [uncountable] (always used in the phrases keep/lose your cool总是用于短语keep/lose your cool) (informal) the state of being calm and in control of your feelings or behaviour, especially in difficult situations(尤指困难情况下的)镇静,沉着◆He kept his cool on the convention floor when he was heckled by a young Republican.他在会议厅遭到一个年轻的共和党人诘问时很沉着。◆I lost my cool and shouted at them.我火冒三丈,对他们大吼了起来。 see also cool ⇨ calmadj.