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possess

/puh-zes/US // pəˈzɛs //UK // (pəˈzɛs) //

拥有,具有,具备,占有

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
    • : to have as a faculty, quality, or the like: to possess courage.
    • : to occupy, dominate, or control from within: He thought he was possessed by devils.
    • : to dominate or actuate in the manner of such a spirit: He was possessed by envy.
    • : to succeed in having sexual intercourse with.
    • : to have knowledge of: to possess a language.
    • : to keep or maintain in a certain state, as of peace, patience, etc.
    • : to maintain control over.
    • : to impart to; inform; familiarize: to possess someone of the facts of the case.
    • : to cause to be dominated or influenced, as by an idea, feeling, etc.
    • : to make owner, holder, or master, as of property, information, etc.: He possessed them of the facts.
    • : to seize or take.
    • : to gain or win.
    • : to occupy or hold.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhave or obtain
Forms: possessed, possesses, possessing

Examples

  • For the companies that didn’t participate, it raises the concern that they might possess information that indicates the toxic metals in their foods might be even higher than their competitors.

  • A just society must be consciously constructed by citizens possessing certain virtues.

  • Not only does it have a spike protein mutation that could lead to a higher infection rate, it possesses what’s called an “escape mutation.”

  • They also possess their own first- and second-round draft choices.

  • By implication, Earth must therefore possess some climate-stabilising feedbacks but at the same time good fortune must also have been involved in it staying habitable.

  • As a white, educated, Western, middle-class male, I possess most of the unearned privilege the world has to offer.

  • That thing we seemed to possess was not the other, but an image of them we formed—they themselves are still free.

  • I know that many people do not feel they possess their partners and lovers.

  • In fact, the original Burroughs books possess a clear “green” streak that now seems quite prescient.

  • The Fish and Wildlife officer told him that it was illegal to possess a protected species or a raptor.

  • Any one may possess the portrait of a tragedian without exciting suspicion or comment.

  • Not a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.

  • My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.

  • "Doa Estefania, have no fear; you possess an infallible preservative," exclaimed the cappellan.

  • Tausig, in my opinion, did possess exceptional genius in composition, though he left but few works behind him to attest it.