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self-command
noun[ U ]
old-fashioneduk /ˌself.kəˈmɑːnd/ us /ˌself.kəˈmænd/
control over yourself and your emotions: 自我控制
He has already demonstrated composure and self-command beyond his years.他已经表现出超出其年龄的沉着和自制力。
She bit her lip, trying to attain some degree of self-command.
Synonym
self-control
Their magnanimity and self-command are almost beyond comprehension.
I do not think the same temperate coolness and self-command can be ascribed to any other great warrior of later times.
She wanted women to be transformed into rational and independent beings whose sense of worth came, not from their appearance, but from their inner perception of self-command and knowledge.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
get/fall into the wrong handsidiom
govern
guiding principle
paternalistically
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
slow
tame
wrangle
wrangler
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