possessed

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pos·sessed /pəˈzest/ adjectiveadj

1 ROif someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil 着了魔的，鬼迷心窍的

She was convinced he was possessed by the devil.

她确信他被魔鬼附身了。

like a man/woman possessed literary (=with a lot of energy or violence) 猛烈地，拼命地，着了魔似的

2 be possessed of something literaryHAVE to have a particular quality, ability etc 具有〔某种品质、能力等〕

She was possessed of a fine and original mind.

她具有细腻而独到的思维方式。

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be possessed of something• Let us assume that the entire being is possessed of 1,000 arbitrary units of life force.• He felt possessed of great strength and fearlessness.• Unlike Tyron, Mr Nagasyu was possessed of a degree of style and sophistication.• For Pan-dora, like all women, was possessed of a lively curiosity.• The President is possessed of a philosophical agenda based on a lifetime of experience and thought.• She was possessed of a wryness toward things around her that was endearing.• To my contemporaries then at this time, a helmet was possessed of immense symbolic importance.• Finally, the citizen must, if true to his quality, be possessed of some civic virtue.• Sarah Stitt is possessed of the same huge eyes that she likes to paint in her huge-eyed portraits.

→ self-possessed

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possessed• Her family thought that she was possessed, and called in a priest.

like a man/woman possessed• Young played the game like a man possessed.• Sobbing and screaming, she thrashed about like a woman possessed.• Chamden performed like men possessed and even had the audacity to mount wave after wave of attacks.

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