If you take things with equanimity, it means you take them with evenness of mind especially under stress.
He was not angry, not even irritated, instead he enjoyed his equanimity.
Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron describes ways to practice equanimity, outlining a situation analogous to yours – sitting in heavy traffic, while people cut ahead of you.
As I often remind my readers, meditation is not supposed to propel you into a permanent bubble of bliss, but rather to enable you to handle life’s vicissitudes with more equanimity.
Davis, who is polished and charming, weathers these charges with cool equanimity, laughing off the suggestion that ambition and animosity are what’s driving him.
解释:
Equanimity这个单词为名词,其表示“steadiness of mind under stress”这一含义,即在面对压力环境下保持镇静及平衡的一种心态,因此可以作为中文中的“平常心/平和/平静”使用,与composure/calmness这些单词构成近义词。
具体使用场景如下:
If you can handle your life with equanimity, then it is not easy for you to get bothered by trivial matters.(如果你能以平常心对待你的生活,那么就不大会被日常琐碎事情烦恼。) –News
The simple practice of daily meditation can help people become calmer, less reactive, achieve more equanimityand feel a greater sense of contentment.(日常简单的冥想练习能够帮助人们变得更加镇静、少些躁动,变得更加平和以及对生活更加满意。) –Culture
Smith says it was a challenge to represent people with whom I disagree heartily, but he found it important to be able to do that with equanimity.(史密斯说,代表我衷心不同意的人是一个挑战,但他发现能够平静地做到这一点很重要。) –News