單詞
possession
英 [p?'ze?(?)n]
美[p?'z???n]
基本信息
- n. 擁有；財(cái)產(chǎn)；領(lǐng)地；自制；著迷
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?possessions;
中文詞源
possession 擁有，個(gè)人物品
來自possess,擁有，所有。
英文詞源
- possession (n.)
- mid-14c., "act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation," also "thing possessed, that which is possessed," from Old French possession "fact of having and holding; what is possessed;" also "demonic possession," and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess). Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.
雙語例句
- 1. How had this com-promising picture come into the possession of the press?
- 這張令人難堪的照片是怎么落到媒體手中的？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Possession of cannabis will no longer be an arrestable offence.
- 持有大麻將不再會(huì)被拘捕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He described the picture as his most cherished possession.
- 他說那幅畫是他最珍愛的財(cái)產(chǎn)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian.
- 那些文件目前在《衛(wèi)報(bào)》手里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.
- 她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不像平時(shí)那樣處事不驚了。
來自柯林斯例句
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