possession

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n. 拥有, 占有, 所有, 财产, 领土, 领地, 自制, 着迷 [经] 占有, 持有

发音

US /pəˈzɛʃn̩/

词形变化

possessions 复数 possessions possessioned possessioning possessions 三单 possessioning 现在分词 possessioned 过去式 possessioned 过去分词

别名

posession possesion possn.

教材释义与例句

名词

拥有;财产;领地;自制;着迷

if something is in your possession, you own it, or you have obtained it from somewhere

That information is not in our possession.

那则信息不归我们所有。

How did the painting come into your possession (= how did you get it ) ?

这幅画是怎么到你手上的?

The finance company now has possession of the house.

这家金融公司目前拥有这所房子。

We didn't take possession of (= get and start using ) the car until a few days after the auction.

拍卖会过后几天我们才正式拿到那辆车。

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Something that is owned.

    所有物

    财产

    可数 不可数

    The car quickly became his most prized possession.

    I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.

  3. 3.

    An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.

    占有

    可数 不可数

    The car is in my possession.

    I'm in possession of the car.

  4. 4.

    A territory under the rule of another country.

    可数 不可数

    Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.

  5. 5.

    The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.

    可数 不可数

    Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.

  6. 6.

    The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.

    可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.

    可数 不可数 体育

    The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.

  8. 8.

    A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.

    可数 不可数 体育

    2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight? Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 7 May 2019. Defender Colin O'Riordan had 41 possessions in the NEAFL last week to continue his outstanding form, while Ryan Clarke had 47 in the Swans' big loss to Brisbane.

  9. 9.

    A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.

    可数 不可数 语言学

    Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine.

v.
  1. 1.

    To invest with property.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

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词源

From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.

来源:wiktionary