pos·ses·sive1 /pəˈzesɪv/ adjectiveadj1 JEALOUSwanting someone to have feelings of love or friendship for you and no one else 〔愛情或友情上〕佔有欲強的,自私的possessive of/aboutShe was terribly possessive of our eldest son. 她對我們的長子佔有欲非常強。
2 JEALOUSunwilling to let other people use something you own 不願與别人分享的,佔有欲強的possessive of/aboutHe’s so possessive about his new car. 他的新車誰也碰不得。
3 technicalSLG used in grammar to show that something belongs to someone or something 〔語法〕所有格的possessive pronoun/form/case etcthe possessive pronouns ‘ours’ and ‘mine’ 所有格代詞ours和mine
—possessively adverbadv
—possessiveness noun [uncountableU]