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| /pəˈzeʃn/ |
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| 1 | C usually plural something that you own 所有物；财产 |
| Their family home and possessions were destroyed in the fire. 他们家的房子和财产都在大火中被烧毁了。 |
| all your worldly possessions (=everything that you own) 你所拥有的一切物品 |
| a prized/treasured possession (=one that is very important to you) Her most prized possession is a locket that she wears constantly. 珍爱的/珍藏的物品 |
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| 2 | U formal a situation in which you have or own something 拥有；占有 |
| +of The seller is entitled to retain possession of the goods until they are paid for. 卖方有权保留货物直至收到货款为止。 |
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| 3 | U the crime of owning something illegal , for example drugs or weapons 私藏，非法拥有（毒品或武器等） |
| The brothers were caught in possession of stolen property. 兄弟俩因非法拥有被盗物品而被捕。 |
| She was arrested for possession of drugs. 她因私藏毒品而被捕。 |
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| 4 | C usually plural a country’ s possessions are other countries that it governs 领地；属地 |
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| 5 | U a situation in which someone is controlled by an evil spirit 鬼魂附体 |
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| - | be in possession of sth formal
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| to have something |
| 拥有某物；掌握某物 |
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| I am in possession of some information that I think will interest you. 我掌握了一些在我看来你会感兴趣的消息。 |
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| - | in full possession of your faculties/senses
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| acting in a reasonable and sensible way |
| 理智的；神智清醒的 |
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| I don’ t think anyone in full possession of their senses would agree with you. 我认为任何一个神智清醒的人都不会赞同你。 |
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| - | in sb’ s possession formal
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| if something is in someone’ s possession , they have it |
| 为某人所拥有 |
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| I did not have a copy of the document in my possession. 我手中没有这份文件的复印件。 |
| Unfortunately, we no longer have those records in our possession. 不巧的是，我们已经不再拥有那些唱片了。 |
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| - | take possession (of)
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| 1 | to start to own something 接手；开始拥有 | The town of Winterset took possession of the castle in 1947. 温特塞镇于1947年接手这座城堡。 | |
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| 2 | literary if something takes possession of you , it starts to control you or have a strong effect on you 支配；占据 | Fear had taken possession of his soul. 恐惧占据了他的灵魂。 | |
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| 3 | to start to have or control the ball in a sport such as football （足球等运动中）控制（球），控球 | Late in the second half, Italy took possession and scored. 下半场即将结束的时候，意大利队控球并且得分。 | |
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| Words frequently used with possession | | possession 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | material, personal, precious, prized, treasured, valued, worldly, | 1 | | | |
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