possessional
常用用法
- possession的基本意思是“占有”“持有”“拥有”,是抽象名词,不可数。possession引申可表示“领地”“属地”“殖民地”。
- possession还可作“财物”解,一般都用复数形式。
- 表示“某人拥有某物”是be in possession of或(be) in sb's possession,“某物为某人所拥有”是be in the possession of。前者不用定冠词the,后者则必用定冠词the。 返回 possessional
n. (名词)
词语辨析
- 这两个短语的意思相同。其区别是:
- 前者含主动的意味; 后者含被动的意味。例如:
- The enemy was in possession of the city.
- 敌人占领了城市。
- The city was in the possession of the enemy.
- 城市被敌人占领。
- The boss came into possession of a large estate.
- 这个老板得了一大笔不动产。
- A large estate came into the possession of the boss.
- 一大笔不动产被这个老板取得。 返回 possessional