【possess音标】 英[pəˈzes] 美[pəˈzes]
【单词释义】 possess是什么意思：
vt.占有，拥有；控制；掌握，懂得；主宰；缠住，迷住
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] possesses
[单词现在分词] possessing
[单词过去式] possessed
[单词过去分词] possessed
【关联词/派生词】
possession n.有，所有，拥有；财产
possessive adj. 占有欲强的，有控制欲的；不愿与人分享的，自私的；（语法中的）所有格的 n. <语>所有格; 占有; 占有欲
【possess形近词/近似词】
assess vt.评估,评定；估价
obsess vt.使着迷；迷住；念念不忘
【单词例句】
◇ The tracks were muddy. The river was drying up. Most villagers only possessed one broom, a few tins and several jars and their rectangular grass huts with round angles were surrounded by weeds.
泥泞的道路、河流干枯，大部分的村民拥有的财产只不过是一只扫帚、几个瓶瓶罐罐而已，圆角的矩形草屋四周长满了杂草。
---- Helping the Remote Village
◇ All the people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess; and all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant, their neighbors might prove to be.
全城的人都听说过这种布料有一种奇异的力量，所以大家都很想趁这机会来测验一下，看看他们的邻人究竟有多笨，有多傻。
◇ "Although it cannot host life, it is noteworthy as the third-nearest transiting exoplanet known to date and one of the best rocky planets we have for measuring the composition of any atmosphere it may possess."
“尽管它不能承载生命，但值得注意的是，它是迄今为止已知的‘第三近程’过境系外行星，也是可以用来测量其拥有的任何大气成分的最佳岩质行星之一。”
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ In medieval times, getting caught scribbling with one's left hand could earn accusations of being possessed and, during the Spanish Inquisition, lefties were more likely to be tortured or killed.
在中世纪，被发现用左手写字会被指控受到魔鬼操控，在西班牙宗教法庭上，很可能会被判处酷刑或死刑。