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equanimity

\ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee; ek-wuh-\, noun:
Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity."
名词 n.
1.平静;镇定

For one whose mind has been notoriously troubled, Brian Lara is at least retaining a sense of equanimity.
~Richard Hobson, "Croft offers no respite as Lara's theme continues", Times (London), June 8, 2000

When one is happy, one can look at both comedy and tragedy with equanimity.
~Phillip Lopate, Totally, Tenderly, Tragically

I think one person can hardly understand why another has conducted his life in such a way, how he came to commit certain actions and not others, whether he looks upon the past with mostly pleasure or equanimity or regret.
~Chang-Rae Lee, A Gesture Life

Equanimity comes from Latin aequanimitas, "impartiality, calmness," from aequanimus, "impartial, even-tempered," from aequus, "even" + animus, "mind, soul."



A great talker is a great liar.

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