英 [ˌself pəˈzeʃn] 美 [ˌself pəˈzeʃn]
n. 沉着，泰然自若
self-possession //
不可数名词 Self-possession is the quality of being self-possessed. 泰然自若
She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.
她发现自己不像平时那样遇事不惊了。
the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
同义词： self-control / possession / willpower / self-command / self-will
... self-assertion n.坚持己见，自信 self-possession n.沉着，镇定 semblance n.外貌，相似 ...
沉着，泰然自若
He soon recovered his usual self-possession.
他很快恢复了平时沉着冷静的样子。
She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.
她发现自己不像平时那样遇事不惊了。
I mean, technically, if I want to personally go out and kill someone because he offends me, that is self-possession.
我是说，准确来说，如果因为有人冒犯我，我想亲自出去杀了他，这也是自我控制。
In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.
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It's perfectly impossible, I think, to imagine a stronger statement than this of the authority that Milton gives, the intellectual self-possession that he ascribes, to the individual.
我认为这完全是有可能的，去想一个比弥尔顿,这个理论更有力的论述，他认为每个个人拥有的沉着冷静和泰然自若。
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His self-confidence and self-possession come in part from the fact that he enjoys a life outside the world of sailing.
As a hero, Mr. Fox has the arch self-possession to insist to his wife that he poaches poultry ''because I'm a wild animal.
How does this fit among disorders that allow for greater self-possession?