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aplomb

/uh-plom, uh-pluhm/US // əˈplɒm, əˈplʌm //UK // (əˈplɒm) //

傲视群雄,傲慢无礼,傲慢,傲气

Related Words

nonchalance淡定,淡然,无所谓,淡定从容tact技巧,策略,敏锐的洞察力,婉婉equanimity沉着冷静,平和心态,平常心,沉着nerve胆量,胆识,胆子,胆大妄为者confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖self-possession自持力,自持,自持性,自持能力coolness清凉,清凉性,清凉度,清凉之气poise雅致,雅兴,雅量,雅俗共赏balance平衡,平衡性,余额,均衡surety担保人,保证人,保證人,确保人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
    • : the perpendicular, or vertical, position.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounassurance
Synonyms
equanimity沉着冷静,平和心态,平常心,沉着nonchalance淡定,淡然,无所谓,淡定从容tact技巧,策略,敏锐的洞察力,婉婉balance平衡,平衡性,余额,均衡confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖coolness清凉,清凉性,清凉度,清凉之气nerve胆量,胆识,胆子,胆大妄为者poise雅致,雅兴,雅量,雅俗共赏self-possession自持力,自持,自持性,自持能力surety担保人,保证人,保證人,确保人

Examples

  • It’s a dire and dramatic opening scene, narrated with aplomb.

  • He even handled his small mistakes—like when Zhao had to gently nudge him to the fact that they were rolling—with easy aplomb.

  • He snipped the pink fabric with aplomb, continuing a tradition from a half-century ago, when Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the eldest daughter of Teddy Roosevelt, performed the honor for the Embassy Row Hotel.

  • Medium format was never about being the fastest or the most efficient—it was about producing big, beautiful images, and the 907X does that with aplomb.

  • Resolving moral dilemmas is her daily work, and she does it with clarity and aplomb.

  • It was a dizzying time, and Shaquille handled an array of new situations with conspicuous aplomb.

  • The cutting-edge forensic work that it took to bring them into custody from abroad is retold with great aplomb by Levington.

  • Meanwhile, during the past several years in Champagne, the “Grower” movement has gained momentum and aplomb.

  • Such boldfaced aplomb would be deployed time and time again in dealing with the Nazis.

  • "No," she exclaimed with dainty aplomb to the man who sat cross-legged in muslin draperies on the table.

  • I had behaved with unusual sedateness, had showed an aplomb I had never before evidenced.

  • Winona, with surprising aplomb, bore the scrutiny of the family while she pulled long white gloves along her bare arms.

  • Chattie jumped up on the windowsill, with her usual stealthy aplomb, and rubbed herself against the girl's face.

  • Suddenly, and for the first time in all her knowledge of him, his cynical aplomb had fallen from the man like a garment.

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