possession

英 [p?'ze?(?)n] 美[p?'z???n]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?possessions;

possession 擁有，個人物品

來自possess,擁有，所有。

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.

1. How had this com-promising picture come into the possession of the press?: 這張令人難堪的照片是怎么落到媒體手中的？

2. Possession of cannabis will no longer be an arrestable offence.: 持有大麻將不再會被拘捕。

3. He described the picture as his most cherished possession.: 他說那幅畫是他最珍愛的財產。

4. Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian.: 那些文件目前在《衛報》手里。

5. She found her customary self-possession had deserted her.: 她發現自己不像平時那樣處事不驚了。