possession是什么意思
- 英式英标[pə\'zɛʃən]
- 美式音标[pə\'zeʃ(ə)n]
中文词源
possession 拥有，个人物品
来自possess,拥有，所有。
英文词源
- possession (n.)
- mid-14c., "act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation," also "thing possessed, that which is possessed," from Old French possession "fact of having and holding; what is possessed;" also "demonic possession," and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess). Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.
实用例句
- 1. How had this com-promising picture come into the possession of the press?
- 这张令人难堪的照片是怎么落到媒体手中的？来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Possession of cannabis will no longer be an arrestable offence.
- 持有大麻将不再会被拘捕。来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He described the picture as his most cherished possession.
- 他说那幅画是他最珍爱的财产。来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian.
- 那些文件目前在《卫报》手里。来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.
- 她发现自己不像平时那样处事不惊了。来自柯林斯例句
