poised
蓄势
definition
verb
he poised motionless on his toes
be or cause to be balanced or suspended.
adjective
Keira was always in control, always composed, poised and confident.
having a composed and self-assured manner.
translation of 'poised'
adjective
旖旎,
镇静,
平衡的,
优雅,
优美
example
Couched in 'poised' and lucid prose, The Namesake is a an exquisite tale, full of fine and fragile humour.
He is also a 'poised' senior who makes 84.2 percent of his free throws.
By this stage the adrenaline had started pumping around my body, I felt I was ready for anything; alert and 'poised' .
I was astonished, when reading his memoirs, to learn that such a polished and 'poised' fellow had never lost the sense that he was awkward and clumsy.
Finding love and being a good companion are slightly more challenging projects for even such a 'poised' and educated young lady.
De Havilland's 'poised' , elegant Miriam is the perfect foil for haggard, wild-eyed Charlotte.
In the picture, she looks entirely 'poised' and comfortable.
This is a beautifully 'poised' film that peels away the external artifice of its central character layer by layer, with each plot twist raising as many questions as it answers.
I walked up 'poised' and proud with tears shimmering in my eyes.
He could not imagine this calm, 'poised' woman before him using language like that, but the young girl within her?
A tall, good-looking young man, 'poised' and self-assured, Bassam is a Christian.
It was the kind of thing that made one think back to a time of elegant ladies and 'poised' gentlemen.
Here also she gets her lines right, she is still 'poised' and graceful, she is still fetching on the dance floor, but she has precious little to do.
She was as 'poised' and elegant as her breeding required, Grace thought, and certainly she dressed as befitted her status.
A 'poised' and graceful swimmer, she never seemed to tire in the water.
He was faced with a gorgeous man in his forties with silky, boy-cut brown hair, a 'poised' stance, and a charming smile.
It's lovely to watch their progress as they grow from cute and clumsy children into 'poised' and elegant women.
The Dinka are incapable of doing anything without a 'poised' elegance.
Britain's first mainstream female football presenter is cool, 'poised' and confident.
She couldn't help but wonder that if he was that attractive and 'poised' just walking around, then what could he be like in bed?
The result is a 'poised' and thoughtful study in grief that navigates a narrative cautiously balanced between life and death.
Jake's 'poised' and assertive manner was diminishing before my very eyes.
The elegantly dressed, 'poised' woman looked a bit odd wearing a red and white Santa hat, but it really was cute.
She finally paints Adele, a subject she believes to be as 'poised' and beautiful as the Madonna, but crumples up the sketch and throws it away.
His 'poised' , persuasive presentation won them over.
For a brief moment, considering the embarrassing circumstances, I was pleased with my 'poised' response.
Eleanor walked into the ballroom with the grace of a dancer, 'poised' and elegant.
The 'poised' , confident young woman was tossed into a world of checkpoints, strip searches and interrogations.
Keira was always in control, always composed, 'poised' and confident.
Balke's careful, walking on eggshells piano etches graceful, 'poised' lines or occasionally, prepared piano abstractions.
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