possession
/pəˈzɛʃn̩/ 名词 B1中文： 所有物、财产、占有
- A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- Something that is owned. · The car quickly became his most prized possession.· I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
- An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own. · The car is in my possession.· I'm in possession of the car.
- A territory under the rule of another country. · Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity. · Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive. · The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
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Anne gave one gasping little scream which nobody ever heard; she was white to the lips, but she did not lose her self-possession.
Self-possession was fully restored to her, and in the reaction from that horrible moment of powerlessness she recited as she had never done before.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”
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