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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

dispossess

/dis-puh-zes/US // ˌdɪs pəˈzɛs //UK // (ˌdɪspəˈzɛs) //

剥夺,褫夺,夺取

Related Words

evict驱逐,驱逐出境,驱赶,驱逐者oust撵走,撵出,撵走了,驱赶appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的eject弹出,顶出,弹射,弹出式expropriate征用,征收,窃取,剥夺expel驱逐出境,驱逐,驱除,驱赶put out熄灭,做出了,放出,熄灭的

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
    • : to banish.
    • : to abandon ownership of, especially as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdeprive
Forms: dispossessed
Synonyms
evict驱逐,驱逐出境,驱赶,驱逐者appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的eject弹出,顶出,弹射,弹出式expel驱逐出境,驱逐,驱除,驱赶expropriate征用,征收,窃取,剥夺oust撵走,撵出,撵走了,驱赶put out熄灭,做出了,放出,熄灭的throw into the street扔到街上去,扔到街上,扔到大街上,扔到马路上

Examples

  • Don Draper never seems to entirely dispossess himself of Dick Whitman.

  • Years brought wisdom, however; and he realized that to massacre or dispossess good cultivators was bad economy.

  • But I fancy that she will soon dispossess it of that character, for her suspiria are not many at this stage of her life.

  • How many seek means, of whatever kind, to dispossess themselves of them!

  • The Hellenizers still enjoyed the royal favour and Jonathan made no attempt to dispossess them.

  • Or they might have said that the nine tribes and a half could furnish quite a large enough army to dispossess the Canaanites.

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