possess

英 [pə'zes] 美 [pə'zes]

• vt. 拥有；持有；支配

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 具有

   have; own

2. vt. 占据

   occupy (the mind)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 占有，具有，持有，拥有，据有，占据，有
2. 支配，控制，使被任意摆布
3. 迷住
4. 使拥有，使占有，使保持，使掌握
5. 缠（住），附
6. 抑制，克制
7. 保持，维持
8. 使沾染
9. 得到
10. 掌握，懂得

英英释义

Verb:

1. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill;

   "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
   

2. have ownership or possession of;

   "He owns three houses in Florida"
   "How many cars does she have?"
   

3. enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas;

   "What possessed you to buy this house?"
   "A terrible rage possessed her"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Different workers possess different skills.
   不同的工作者有不同的技能。
2. Rose is a woman who possesses a rare intelligence.
   罗丝是一个拥有非凡智慧的女人。
3. The police asked me if I possessed a gun.
   警察问我是否有枪。
4. She was possessed by the desire to be rich.
   她被致富的欲望所支配。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They possessed nothing.
   他们一无所有。
2. The country possesses rich mineral deposits.
   这个国家拥有丰富的矿藏。
3. Deferred payments allow customers to possess goods before they can be said to own them fully.
   分期付款可使顾客预先获取货物。
4. He never possessed much money, but he always possessed good health.
   他自始至终都不富有,但他常有健康的身体。
5. She possesses a beautiful singing voice.
   她有美妙动听的歌喉。
6. We should possess ourselves in face of fear.
   我们在危险时要保持镇静。
7. He possessed his soul in patience.
   他耐心等待。
8. Fear possessed him and prevented him from moving.
   恐怖支配着他,并使他不能移动。
9. One main idea possessed her.
   一个主要的想法支配着她。
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10. She was possessed by the desire to be rich.
    她被发财的欲望支配。
11. That guy was possessed by a lust for gain.
    那家伙利欲熏心。
12. She is possessed with rage.
    她在盛怒之中。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. What on earth possessed you to come here?
   究竟是什么使你来这儿的?
2. The desire to be rich possessed him to act so.
   发财的欲望使他作出如此事来。

经典引文

• Dominion giv'n Over all other Creatures that possesse Earth, Aire, and Sea.

  出自： Milton

• The Solar System, in which you see the Sun possesses nearly the central Point.

  出自： B. Martin

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

possess of (v.+prep.)

告诉 tell (sb) about (sth)

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• possess a large fortune 很有钱

～+副词

• possess scarcely 几乎不具有
• possess enduringly 持久地拥有
• possess exclusively 独自拥有
• possess formally 正式拥有
• possess intellectually 智慧地拥有
• possess legally 合法拥有
• possess originally 原来拥有
• possess proudly 自豪地拥有
• possess recently 最近拥有
• possess supernaturally 不可思议地拥有
• possess surely 肯定地拥有
• possess undisputedly 毫无疑问地拥有
• possess uniquely 独一无二地拥有

～+介词

• possess sth between A and B 甲乙双方共有某物
• possess by〔with〕 为…所摆布,为…所支配
• possess of 使拥有,使占有
• possess of evidence 取得证据
• possess oneself of 获得; 据有,把…占为己有
• possess of power 拥有权力
• possess with the delusion 有错觉
• possess with an idea 念念不忘一个想法

词语用法

1. possess解释为“拥有，持有”，也可表示为“使……有”，而be possessed of则解释为“有……”。

   He is possessed of great learning.
   他有很强的学习能力。

2. possess语气要比have重一些，只能用在好的东西上，而不用在坏的上。

   He possesses many good qualities.
   不能说成He possesses many faults.

v. (动词)

1. possess的基本意思是“占有,拥有”,指人或物具有某种品质、性质、能力或特征。其后可接有形的东西,也可接特点、能力、气质等抽象名词作宾语,总之,表示拥有好的东西。还可引申表示“受到某种感情支配”, possess是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
2. possess作“占有”解,这个动词可以搭配反身代词。
3. by possessed by〔with〕的意思是“(妖魔、情欲等)迷住,缠住”,常用于被动结构,强调施动者时用by,若不太强调被动的含义还可换用介词with。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

possess, own

• 这两个词都有“有”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.own强调具有合法权利占有、继承某物作为财产的意思,所占有的物必须有相当的价值; possess则不管采用何种方法得到。例如:
• The police asked me if I possessed a gun.警察问我是否有一支枪。
• His family owned neither land nor house.他家既无房子又无土地。
• 2.possess只用于好的事物,而own则好坏均可。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的possessier；最初源自拉丁语的possess，意为做为私有财产把持，持有。

近反义词

【近义词】

• have 已经
• own 自己的
• hold 拿着
• occupy 占用
• control 掌控
• maintain 维持
• enjoy 享受
• keep 保持
• retain 保持
• take control 驾驶, 操纵, 控制...
• influence 影响
• take 拿
• seize 抓住
• have power over 能支配
• take over 接收
• dominate 支配