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possess

/pəˈzɛs/ 动词 B1

中文: 抱有、具备、具有、所有

  1. To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. (transitive) · He does not even possess a working telephone.
  2. Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence. (transitive)
  3. Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind). (transitive) · They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.
  4. Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.). (literary, transitive)
  5. To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person). (literary, transitive)
  6. To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land). (transitive)
  7. To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with. (intransitive)
  8. To inhabit or occupy a place. (intransitive)

复数 possess · He/she/it possesses · 过去式 possessed · 过去分词 possessed · -ing形式 possessing

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动词形式

原形
possess
He/she/it
possesses
过去式
possessed
过去分词
possessed
-ing形式
possessing

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There was a self-possessed young lady connected with these accessories; and Pitcher was there to construe her.
《Six stories from The Four Million》,第18页 · C1
And it is certain that she looked at Chandler, with his animated but self-possessed manner and his kindling and frank blue eyes, with something not far from admiration in her own charming face.
《Six stories from The Four Million》,第30页 · C1
Spencer, bustling her guests through the hall into the parlor, where a deadly chill struck on them as if the air had been strained so long through dark green, closely drawn blinds that it had lost every particle of warmth it had ever possessed.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第57页 · C1
Diana did Anne’s front hair in the new pompadour style and Anne tied Diana’s bows with the especial knack she possessed; and they experimented with at least half a dozen different ways of arranging their back hair.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第148页 · C1

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