self-possession

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A calm or tranquil state of mind; self - possession.
冷靜，沉著頭腦鎮(zhèn)定或沉著的狀態(tài)；
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.
我認(rèn)爲(wèi)這完全是有可能的，去想一個比彌爾頓,這個理論更有力的論述，他認(rèn)爲(wèi)每個個人擁有的沉著冷靜和泰然自若。
Without embracing the idea of self-possession.
這些其實和'人擁有對自己的所有權(quán)'無涉。
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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.
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.
我認(rèn)爲(wèi)這完全是有可能的，去想一個比彌爾頓,這個理論更有力的論述，他認(rèn)爲(wèi)每個個人擁有的沉著冷靜和泰然自若。
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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.
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How does this fit among disorders that allow for greater self-possession?
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