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词汇 possession
释义 possession
noun
uk /pəˈzeʃ.ən/ us /pəˈzeʃ.ən/
C2[ U ]
the fact that you have or own something: 拥有,占有;具有
The possession of large amounts of money does not ensure happiness.拥有大量金钱并不能保证一定会幸福。
formalI have in my possession a letter which may be of interest to you.我有一封信,也许你会感兴趣。
formalHe was found in possession of explosives.他被发现私藏爆炸物。
B2[ Cusually plural ]
something that you own or that you are carrying with you at a particular time: 所有物,个人物品;财产
Please remember to take all your personal possessions with you when you leave the aircraft.下飞机时请记得携带好所有个人物品。
[ Cusually plural ]
a country that is ruled by another country: 殖民地,托管地;属地
a former overseas possession前海外领地
[ U ]
in games such as football and rugby, the time when a team has control of the ball: (足球和橄榄球等比赛中,一方球队的)控球时间
Wolves had a lot of possession but failed to score.沃尔夫队控球时间很多,但没能进球。
We need to keep possession of the ball to give ourselves a chance.我们需要把球控制住才能有机会。
 get/take possession of somethinglaw specialized
to start to use and control something such as a building or piece of land that you may or may not own: 占有,拥有
We've already bought the house but we won't take possession of it until May.我们已买下这所房子,但直到5月份才能搬进去。
Police found a large quantity of drugs in his possession.
Her most cherished possession is a 1926 letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald.她最珍爱之物是弗朗西斯•斯科特•菲茨杰拉德在1926年写给她的一封信。
She attaches a lot of importance to personal possessions.她非常重视个人财产。
Her photograph is among my most prized possessions.她的照片是我最珍贵的财富之一。
This pen that my grandfather gave me is one of my most treasured possessions.我祖父送给我的这支钢笔是我最珍爱的东西之一。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Having and owning - general words
acquire
acquisition
attach
attach something to something
be endowed with somethingidiom
bearer
carry
holder
lay
lord/master/mistress/king/queen of all you surveyidiom
make something (all) your ownidiom
mistress
not/never want for anythingidiom
revert to something
shared ownership
stake
stake something out
survey
they've
traditional owner

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Belongings and possessions
Colonization & self-government
General terms used in ball sports

Grammar



Apostrophe + s to show possession
When we show who owns something or has a close relationship with something, we use an apostrophe + s after the name or the noun. When the noun is plural, we put the apostrophe after the s: …

Possessive ’s
We use apostrophe s (’s), also called possessive ’s, as a determiner to show that something belongs to someone or something: …

Possessives with of
We can talk about possession using the pattern: noun phrase + of + possessive pronoun: …

’s or of or either?
There are some general rules about when to use ’s and when to use of but there are many cases where both are possible: …

Possession: typical errors
We don’t use ’s with plural nouns: …

possession | American Dictionary


possession
noun[ C/U ]
us/pəˈzeʃ·ən/
something that you own, or the condition of owning something:
[ U ]She couldn’t take possession of the house until the current occupants moved out.
[ C ]Meanwhile, all her possessions were in storage.
 in possession offml
If you are in possession of something you have it with you:
He was in possession of two tickets to the concert.

possession | Business English


possession
noun
uk /pəˈzeʃən/us
[ U ]
the situation in which someone has or owns something:
in sb's possessionNo steps may be taken to repossess goods in the company's possession except with the leave of the court.
have possession of sthThe Court of Appeal admitted that Ms Mountford did have exclusive possession of the property.
in possession of sthThe ruling did not establish that he was in possession of the disputed land.
See also
freehold possession
immediate possession
leasehold possession
private possession
quiet possession
vacant possession
[ C, usually plural ]
something that someone owns or has with them at a particular time:
The value of his possessions came to about $1 million.
material/personal possessions
 get/take possession of sth
to start to use and control goods, a building, or a piece of land, whether you own them or not:
Was the bank entitled to take possession of his property and exercise its power of sale without an order of the court?
The court appointed a receiver to take possession of the assets of the company.
[ U ] LAW
the crime of having illegal drugs or illegally owning a gun:
He is wanted by police on charges of possession of illegal firearms.

Examples of possession


possession
Verily, my children and my possessions are my enemies.
Examples of inalienable and alienable possessions are given in (8) and (9), respectively.
Second, inalienable possessions are necessary conditions for empathy - one's ability to know, and even experience, the intentional states of others.
Their task is to speculate on the identity of the owner of the coat on the basis of these possessions.
First, the similarity of the possessions claimed suggests that both groups participate in similar economic activities.
The symbolic value of personal gifts and possessions as a symbol of the deceased is addressed in a particularly insightful chapter.
Much less would it have been able to protect any commercial establishments or possessions overseas.
True friends were moreover believed to 'merge into one another' and to regard the other as one's second self, sharing their life and their possessions.
Inalienable possessions are very closely associated with the identity of the group and individual owner: they provide the keeper with a 'cosmological authentication'.
Judging by the wills of spinsters and widows, women had intense feelings about their possessions.
The king, enraged, threatened to destroy the possessions of the objecting monks.
She was content with her room even though it had few of her possessions.
She had placed her possessions in storage and said that ' it didn't matter ' if they were returned to her.
Moreover, possessions are more accurately measured than income in traditional societies.
There was no cause for alarm; the workmen were treating my possessions quite well.
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Collocations withpossession


possession

These are words often used in combination with possession.

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adverse possession
Instead, they permit legal doctrines like adverse possession to function as a kind of statute of limitations on the rectification of property claims.
demonic possession
They may also lead to the same social exclusionary practices that attributions to demonicpossession produced in an earlier era.
exclusive possession
I assume that on the grounds that the grazer does not have what is known in agricultural terms as exclusivepossession.
From the
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