In general, the N.B.A. has allowed for a heat-of-the-moment emotional reaction as long as players compose themselves quickly and do not continue to make a scene.

一般来说，只要球员能迅速平静，不再继续大吵大闹，NBA允许激动时刻的情绪反应。

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Entire words and sentences now compose themselves with the ever-present "autofill" and spell-check features, which adolescents increasingly regard as a virtual Samuel Johnson or Konrad Duden.

全部的词汇和句子现在都由“自动补充”和拼写纠正功能完成，使得小屁孩们经常将自己当作虚拟的塞缪尔·约翰逊和康拉德•杜顿。

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The groups on deck are thinning out fast, as the passengers go below to enjoy the fearsome novelty of the first night at sea, and to compose themselves to sleep as it were in the hollow of God's hand.

甲板上的人群很快就稀疏起来，多数乘客都回到了船舱，去享受有点惶恐又有点新奇的海上第一夜，他们都睡地很安宁，仿佛是睡在上帝的手心里。

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Discipline is only used to give children time to compose themselves.

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But the reason they had to compose themselves, surely, was that by retreating they allowed the offense to execute a play that it had practiced to perfection.

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