- 1泰然、沉著、處變不驚
Equanimity is a calm mind in the face of what happens — you do not fly into anger, panic, or wild joy. It is a quiet, even temper, not a blank face and not “I don’t care.” You can feel the news and still keep equanimity. It is a grown-up, rather formal word. In everyday English people say stay calm, keep your cool, or don’t lose your head. You meet equanimity in books, in careful essays, and in talk about Stoic or Buddhist practice, where it means not being thrown about by good luck or bad luck. Though actually many speakers just use it as a handsome of “calm,” which is close enough for most days, but a little thinner than the full idea.
組成From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness”), from aequus (“even, calm, fair”) + animus (“mind, spirit”) + -itās (makes an abstract noun). By the look of the English word: equ- + anim- + -ity.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
equanimitynoun/ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/
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The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
- No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.
- In the very heart of the herd the din was terrific. It was almost dizzying in its effect. I paused and smiled reassuringly at Maud, for I had recovered my equanimity sooner than she.
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