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sangfroid

/French sahn-frwa/US // French sɑ̃ˈfrwa //UK // (French sɑ̃frwa) //

桑弗洛德,桑弗罗德

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.

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Examples

  • There are those, however, who don't equate sangfroid and good manners with maturity.

  • With sangfroid, Mom snuffed out her cigarette with the toe of her high heel.

  • So given his sangfroid ‎it is likely that Mr. Costas has old-fashioned pinkeye.

  • That fact alone permits Christie loyalists to greet the new negativity with a healthy degree of sangfroid.

  • French authorities on Thursday saluted the cyclist-witness's sangfroid under the circumstances.

  • It was his sangfroid which was responsible for the devotion with which the soldiers rushed against the enemy.

  • Then Kemeny stood up with imperturbable sangfroid and buckled on his sword, but refused to wear armour.

  • He understood that he was unceremoniously dismissed, but he was not the kind of man to easily lose his sangfroid.

  • Where was the aristocratic sangfroid which should have made him proof even against so much perturbing news?

  • Accordingly his first act was with characteristic sangfroid to order these commodities quietly.