2N-COUNT [usually plural]所有物;财产;财物 Your possessions are the things that you own or have with you at a particular time. 所有物;财产;财物
People had lost their homes and all their possessions.
人们失去了自己的家园和所有的财物。
She had tidied away her possessions.
她已收拾好个人物品。
3N-COUNT [usually plural]属地;领地 A country's possessions are countries or territories that it controls. 属地;领地 [formal]
All of them were French possessions at one time or another.
它们都曾是法国的领地。
...Britain's imperial possessions.
大英帝国的属地
4N-UNCOUNT 鬼魂附体;着魔Possession by an evil spirit is the situation when a person's mind and body is controlled by an evil spirit. 鬼魂附体;着魔
They were convinced the girls' behaviour was due to possession by the devil.
他们相信了这些女孩之所以有如此举动是因为鬼魂附体。
Quotations
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and stealBible: St. Matthew
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cocaine possession, drug possession, possession of a firearm, possession of illegal drugs, marijuana possession, possession of property, weapons possession1
1having/owning sth擁有ADJECTIVE | VERB + POSSESSION | POSSESSION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤exclusive, sole獨有◇They had exclusive possession of the property as tenants.作為業主,他們對房產享有獨有權。➤illegal, unlawful (especially BrE, bothlaw法律) 非法擁有◇They were charged with unlawful possession of firearms.他們被指控非法持有槍支。➤drug持有毒品➤cannabis, marijuana (especially NAmE) , etc.持有大麻等VERB + POSSESSION➤gain, get, obtain獲得▸➤have有所有權▸➤take取得所有權◇When do you take possession of your new house?你什麼時候能拿到新房子?➤keep, retain保持控制◇The team was struggling to retain possession of the ball.該隊拚命想保住對球的控制。➤lose失去所有權POSSESSION + NOUN➤order (BrE, law法律) 佔有決議◇The judge made a possession order against the tenant.法官作出了租戶不享有所有權的決議。PREPOSITION➤in possession of sth持有⋯◇Passengers must be in possession of a valid passport.乘客必須持有有效的護照。➤in your possession佔有◇They have in their possession some very valuable pictures.他們藏有一些非常珍貴的照片。PHRASES➤in full possession of sth完全佔有⋯◇Anyone in full possession of the facts would see that we are right.任何瞭解全部事實的人都會明白我們是正確的。possession
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2sth that sb has/owns所有物ADJECTIVE | VERB + POSSESSIONADJECTIVE➤family, personal, private家庭/個人/私人財產▸➤precious, prized, treasured, valuable, valued珍貴的/心愛的/珍視的/有價值的/珍藏的財物◇The sports car was her proudest possession.那輛跑車是她最引以為傲的財產。➤material, worldly財物◇He carried all his worldly possessions in an old suitcase.他將所有的個人財物放在一隻舊手提箱裏拎着。➤colonial, overseas殖民地;海外領地◇the country's overseas possessions (= colonies)該國的海外領地VERB + POSSESSION➤acquire得到財產▸➤have擁有財產▸➤collect (especially BrE) 積聚財產➤sell賣掉財產▸➤lose失去財產