- 1. collect oneself; compose oneself; pull oneself together
- ♦ 一开头她吓坏了, 后来才定下神来。 At first she was terrified, then she pulled herself together.
- 2. concentrate one's attention
- ♦ 听见有人叫我, ~一看, 原来是小李。 I heard someone calling me and, looking hard, saw that it was Xiao Li.