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单词 self-possessed
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Definition of self-possessed in English:

self-possessed

adjective
  • Calm, confident, and in control of one's feelings; composed.

    镇静的;自信的;泰然自若的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The kind of self-possessed girls we've met through doing this come in and think nothing of modelling some Clinique foundation.
    • He comes across as self-possessed and confident.
    • Bureaucrats sufficiently self-possessed to speak in that kind of unequivocal language are few and far between.
    • The children, in contrast, are curiously poised and self-possessed (or perhaps possessed, period).
    • These mostly young men were a self-possessed and supremely self-confident group, all residing at the apex of wealth and literacy.
    • Self-obsessed and self-possessed, you are a strong woman with a social conscience, who centers her life around her art.
    • He is, in fact, a fusion of his former angry young mushroom-munching rebel and an urbane, self-possessed CEO.
    • That is an extremely sophisticated woman looking the portrait painter directly in the eye and the expression on her face is extremely strong and self-possessed.
    • Critics called him mercenary and his unhurried, self-possessed manner could make him unfathomable.
    • She was very self-possessed and very confident.
    • Now I think I watch because I like the off-beat performers and the fact that all those people on the screen, however effectual or self-possessed they may be, may actually be doing something to help other human beings.
    • Charlie often longed to have the same composure as Cherri, to be as self-possessed as she made herself out to be.
    • She appears similarly self-possessed, both complicit and aloof, but always as someone else.
    • His hair is carefully styled and he dresses with a self-possessed style, but there is something eternally boyish to him.
    • They are incredibly self-possessed, even in the middle of the adolescent storm.
    • It's easy to imagine why the land-lady's self-possessed daughter wouldn't fall for him and why her lonely, schoolteaching mother might.
    • What is missing from all of this is the notion of the self-possessed individual who can cope with the vagaries of life and can rightfully demand that the state stops interfering in his or her life.
    • While emphasizing her innocence, the newspapers could not help noticing that ‘the little mite’ seemed self-possessed and confident, and much more mature than the older Clara.
    • What I do envy, self-possessed control freak that I am, is other people's ability to lose themselves in unfettered delight.
    • They are clearly self-possessed, economically focussed and with no inhibitions when it comes to marketing or selling themselves as products or brands.
    Synonyms
    assured, self-assured, calm, cool, {cool, calm, and collected}, composed, at ease, tranquil, serene, unperturbed, unruffled, impassive, nonchalant, confident, self-confident, sure of oneself, poised, dignified, equable, imperturbable, suave, urbane, elegant
    informal together, unfazed, unflappable
    rare equanimous

Rhymes

abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest

Definition of self-possessed in US English:

self-possessed

adjectiveˈˌself pəˈzestˈˌsɛlf pəˈzɛst
  • Calm, confident, and in control of one's feelings; composed.

    镇静的;自信的;泰然自若的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's easy to imagine why the land-lady's self-possessed daughter wouldn't fall for him and why her lonely, schoolteaching mother might.
    • Bureaucrats sufficiently self-possessed to speak in that kind of unequivocal language are few and far between.
    • The kind of self-possessed girls we've met through doing this come in and think nothing of modelling some Clinique foundation.
    • Critics called him mercenary and his unhurried, self-possessed manner could make him unfathomable.
    • His hair is carefully styled and he dresses with a self-possessed style, but there is something eternally boyish to him.
    • What is missing from all of this is the notion of the self-possessed individual who can cope with the vagaries of life and can rightfully demand that the state stops interfering in his or her life.
    • She was very self-possessed and very confident.
    • Now I think I watch because I like the off-beat performers and the fact that all those people on the screen, however effectual or self-possessed they may be, may actually be doing something to help other human beings.
    • He comes across as self-possessed and confident.
    • These mostly young men were a self-possessed and supremely self-confident group, all residing at the apex of wealth and literacy.
    • Charlie often longed to have the same composure as Cherri, to be as self-possessed as she made herself out to be.
    • While emphasizing her innocence, the newspapers could not help noticing that ‘the little mite’ seemed self-possessed and confident, and much more mature than the older Clara.
    • That is an extremely sophisticated woman looking the portrait painter directly in the eye and the expression on her face is extremely strong and self-possessed.
    • They are clearly self-possessed, economically focussed and with no inhibitions when it comes to marketing or selling themselves as products or brands.
    • She appears similarly self-possessed, both complicit and aloof, but always as someone else.
    • The children, in contrast, are curiously poised and self-possessed (or perhaps possessed, period).
    • They are incredibly self-possessed, even in the middle of the adolescent storm.
    • Self-obsessed and self-possessed, you are a strong woman with a social conscience, who centers her life around her art.
    • He is, in fact, a fusion of his former angry young mushroom-munching rebel and an urbane, self-possessed CEO.
    • What I do envy, self-possessed control freak that I am, is other people's ability to lose themselves in unfettered delight.
    Synonyms
    assured, self-assured, calm, cool, cool, calm, and collected, composed, at ease, tranquil, serene, unperturbed, unruffled, impassive, nonchalant, confident, self-confident, sure of oneself, poised, dignified, equable, imperturbable, suave, urbane, elegant
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