Possession
[pə'zeʃ(ə)n] or [pə'zɛʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) anything owned or possessed.
(noun.) the act of having and controlling property.
(noun.) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); 'they took possession of the ball on their own goal line'.
(noun.) a territory that is controlled by a ruling state.
(noun.) being controlled by passion or the supernatural.
整理:怀亚特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
(n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
(n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
(v. t.) To invest with property.
艾玛手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Ownership.[2]. Occupation, occupancy, control, tenure.
布雷特整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Holding, ownership, tenure, occupation
ANT:Abandoning, renouncing, resigning, surrendering
休伯特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar's demeanour. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It was intolerable, this possession at the hands of woman. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But if he has this native equipment, its possession in no way guarantees that he will ever talk any language or what language he will talk. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- By seven o'clock the whole of Smith's force was ferried over and in possession of a height commanding the ferry. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- In addition to this he had far under way a steamer for plying between Chattanooga and Bridgeport whenever we might get possession of the river. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- During the night they evacuated these; so that on the morning of the 23d we held undisputed possession of the east end of Monterey. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- So soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession, and its days are numbered. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But it seemed to him, woman was always so horrible and clutching, she had such a lust for possession, a greed of self-importance in love. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It may be advisable to superadd to the above, the statement that Mrs. Micawber is not in confidential possession of my intentions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Except for quite personal possessions, there was still an air of patriarchal communism about the tribe. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He had no money and very few possessions of any kind, so that he did not have much occasion to use arithmetic. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- How disentangle the passion for equality from the passion of cupidity, when begins the fight for equality of possessions? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- We might as well resolve the obligation to abstain from the possessions of others, into the obligation of a promise, as that of allegiance. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Another episode of this period is curious in its revelation of the tenacity with which Edison has always held to some of his oldest possessions with a sense of personal attachment. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And does it seem to me that I am about to deprive Harold Skimpole of his share in such possessions, which are his only birthright! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A considerable school of political thinkers in Britain was disposed to regard overseas possessions as a source of weakness to the kingdom. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And, secondly, there has hitherto existed in the States no organization for and no tradition of what one may call non-assimilable possessions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Of all my worldly possessions I took no more than the few necessaries that filled the bag. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- What if he be a profligate debauchee, and would rather receive harm than benefit from large possessions? 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Before the golden mean was found, however, Meg added to her domestic possessions what young couples seldom get on long without, a family jar. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
整理:劳拉