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not excited, nervous or upset 鎮靜的;沉着的 It is important to keep calm in an emergency. 情況緊急的時候,保持鎮靜是重要的。 He always stays calm under pressure. 他在壓力下總是保持冷靜。 Try to remain calm. 盡量保持冷靜。 Her voice was surprisingly calm. 她的聲音出人意料地平靜。 He was calm and cool in a crisis. 他在危機中沉着冷靜。 They were impressed by her calm demeanour. 她平靜的舉止給他們留下了深刻印象。 The city is calm again (= free from trouble and fighting) after yesterday's riots. 昨天的騷亂過後,城裏又恢複了平靜。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1Her voice was firm and perfectly calm. 她的聲音堅定而鎮靜。 I may have appeared calm but I certainly didn't feel it. 我可能看起來很平靜,但實際上並不感覺如此。 Keep the patient calm. 讓病人保持平靜。 She seemed pretty calm about it. 對於此事,她似乎非常鎮靜。 Sit down and keep calm! 坐下,保持鎮靜! The pain had receded and he felt curiously calm. 痛苦減退了,他感到異常平靜。 The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm. 飛行員力勸乘客保持鎮靜。 The voice sounded outwardly calm. 這聲音表面上聽起來很平靜。 You seem remarkably calm. 你看起來極其鎮靜。 He spoke in a reassuringly calm voice. 他用令人放心的平靜的聲音說話。 She handled the situation with calm assurance. 她沉着自信地應付了局面。 Strangely, she felt quite calm about it. 奇怪的是,她對此感到非常平靜。 The city is calm again after yesterday's riots. 這座城市經過昨天的動亂以後又平靜下來了。 The golden rule of first aid is to stay calm. 急救的黃金法則是保持冷靜。 The talks took place in a calm and serious atmosphere. 會談在平靜而嚴肅的氣氛中進行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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(of the sea )海洋 without large waves 風平浪靜的 The sea was flat calm (= with no waves at all). 海面風平浪靜。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
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- extremely
- fairly
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- cool, calm and collected
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(of the weather )天氣 without wind 無風的 a calm, cloudless day 晴朗無風的一天 The weather was calm and dry. 天氣平靜幹燥。
Word Originlate Middle English: via one of the Romance languages from Greek kauma ‘heat (of the day)’.
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