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词汇 equanimity
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Definition of equanimity in English:

equanimity

noun ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪtiˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪtiˌɛkwəˈnɪmədi
mass noun
  • Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.

    (尤指面对困境时的)平和,镇静,泰然

    she accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity

    是好是坏,她都坦然接受。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That was a prospect I could face with equanimity.
    • I certainly would not accept it with equanimity and expect that things carried on as they are, if that is what is happening.
    • Providing only that my private and domestic circumstances give me pleasure, you will find my equanimity quite remarkable.
    • Its limpid pools, vivid colours and unusual plants will reinforce your sense of tranquility and equanimity.
    • Since they prudently did not get married, the situation seems to have been accepted with equanimity by the King and Archbishop Lanfranc.
    • Emotional equanimity relates to the affective competence that involves self-regulation of emotions and feelings.
    • It is difficult to behave with equanimity under such provocation.
    • A hymn to me is a song that contains a sense of equanimity and compassion, and a reverence for human relationships.
    • Practice helps with medical skills and the emotional equanimity.
    • It did allow him to meet all of life's adversity, challenge and unpredictability with equanimity, compassion and balance.
    • One suspects he will need the wisdom of Solomon to handle the situation with total equanimity.
    • Despite that, I am maintaining my equanimity and not losing my temper.
    • When the tyrants found him bearing all the agony with perfect equanimity they became helpless.
    • He accepted with equanimity whatever life might bring him.
    • Occasionally, and in spite of his equanimity, his defensiveness is acute.
    • Thanks to his equanimity and good sense, he had given France the most trouble-free regency in its history.
    • No one should ever contemplate the loss of life with equanimity.
    • This understanding endowed me with tolerance to appreciate differing points of view with equanimity.
    • The Indians have been watching all this, with equal fits of paroxysms of disbelief in private, and cool equanimity in public.
    • Despite having had an alcoholic father, he projected a sense of self-assurance and equanimity.
    Synonyms
    composure, calmness, calm, level-headedness, self-possession, self-control, even-temperedness, coolness, cool-headedness, presence of mind
    serenity, placidity, tranquillity, phlegm, impassivity, imperturbability, unexcitability, equilibrium
    poise, self-assurance, assurance, self-confidence, aplomb, sangfroid, nerve
    informal cool, unflappability
    rare ataraxy

Origin

Early 17th century (also in the sense 'fairness, impartiality'): from Latin aequanimitas, from aequus 'equal' + animus 'mind'.

Rhymes

anonymity, dimity, magnanimity, proximity, pseudonymity, pusillanimity, unanimity

Definition of equanimity in US English:

equanimity

nounˌekwəˈnimədēˌɛkwəˈnɪmədi
  • Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

    (尤指面对困境时的)平和,镇静,泰然

    she accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity

    是好是坏,她都坦然接受。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He accepted with equanimity whatever life might bring him.
    • It is difficult to behave with equanimity under such provocation.
    • Despite that, I am maintaining my equanimity and not losing my temper.
    • Its limpid pools, vivid colours and unusual plants will reinforce your sense of tranquility and equanimity.
    • Since they prudently did not get married, the situation seems to have been accepted with equanimity by the King and Archbishop Lanfranc.
    • Occasionally, and in spite of his equanimity, his defensiveness is acute.
    • This understanding endowed me with tolerance to appreciate differing points of view with equanimity.
    • I certainly would not accept it with equanimity and expect that things carried on as they are, if that is what is happening.
    • Practice helps with medical skills and the emotional equanimity.
    • A hymn to me is a song that contains a sense of equanimity and compassion, and a reverence for human relationships.
    • It did allow him to meet all of life's adversity, challenge and unpredictability with equanimity, compassion and balance.
    • When the tyrants found him bearing all the agony with perfect equanimity they became helpless.
    • That was a prospect I could face with equanimity.
    • Thanks to his equanimity and good sense, he had given France the most trouble-free regency in its history.
    • Despite having had an alcoholic father, he projected a sense of self-assurance and equanimity.
    • The Indians have been watching all this, with equal fits of paroxysms of disbelief in private, and cool equanimity in public.
    • Providing only that my private and domestic circumstances give me pleasure, you will find my equanimity quite remarkable.
    • One suspects he will need the wisdom of Solomon to handle the situation with total equanimity.
    • Emotional equanimity relates to the affective competence that involves self-regulation of emotions and feelings.
    • No one should ever contemplate the loss of life with equanimity.
    Synonyms
    composure, calmness, calm, level-headedness, self-possession, self-control, even-temperedness, coolness, cool-headedness, presence of mind

Origin

Early 17th century (also in the sense ‘fairness, impartiality’): from Latin aequanimitas, from aequus ‘equal’ + animus ‘mind’.

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