possession

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. countable,uncountable
    — Once complete, guide rails will be installed inside the tunnels ready for the box jack itself - which NR intends to push into place during a nine-day engineering possession in September, following a trial push in late August. [...] A small number of weekday and weekend possessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, [...]
  2. Something that is owned. countable,uncountable
    — The car quickly became his most prized possession.
  3. An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own. countable,uncountable
    — The car is in my possession.
  4. A territory under the rule of another country. countable,uncountable
    — Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
  5. The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity. countable,uncountable
    — Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
  6. The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness. countable,uncountable
  7. A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive. countable,uncountable
    — The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
  8. A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball. countable,uncountable
    — 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. A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
动词 v.
  1. To invest with property. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

possessions plural possessions present,singular,third-person possessioning participle,present possessioned participle,past possessioned past

词汇关系

衍生词
adverse possession catch in possession chose in possession debtor in possession dispossession fee simple absolute in possession hostile possession nonpossession possessional possession arrow possessionary possessioner Possession Island possessionism possession is nine points of the law possession is nine-tenths of the law possessionist possessionistic possessionless possession with intent to supply possession with the intent to supply prepossession repossession self-possession take possession thing in possession

词源

词源 1
From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.
词源 2
From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.
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