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possess

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pos·sess /pəˈzes/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitiveT]  
1 formalHAVEOWN to have a particular quality or ability 拥有,具有〔某品质或能力〕
 Different workers possess different skills.
不同的工人拥有不同技能。
 He no longer possessed the power to frighten her.
他再也吓不倒她了。
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In everyday English, people usually say that someone has or has got something rather than possesses it: 在日常英语中,人们表示某人有某事物一般说hashas got,而不说possesses
They all have different skills.
他们都拥有不同的技能。
2 formal or lawHAVEOWN to have or own something 拥有,持有〔某物〕
 Neither of them possessed a credit card.
他们两人都没有信用卡。
 Campbell was found guilty of possessing heroin.
坎贝尔被判持有海洛因罪名成立。
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3 what possessed somebody (to do something)? spokenREASON used to say that you cannot understand why someone did something stupid 是什么驱使某人(做某事)?〔表示不明白某人为何做傻事〕
 What on earth possessed her to do it?
到底是什么让她干出这种事的?
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4 literaryFEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETC if a feeling possesses you, you suddenly feel it very strongly and it affects your behaviour 〔感觉〕缠住,控制,支配,影响
 A mad rage possessed her.
她突然狂怒起来。
nGRAMMAR: Using the progressive
Possess is not used in the progressive when it means ‘have’ or ‘own’. You say:
He possesses many good qualities.
Don’t say: He is possessing many good qualities.
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From Longman Business Dictionary
possesspos·sess /pəˈzes/ verb [transitiveT] formal
1to own or have something, especially something valuable or important, or something illegal
The US is the only country that possesses global economic, military and political power.
Judges rarely send people to jail for possessing illegal drugs, but they jail people for selling them.
2to have a characteristic or ability
He possesses the qualities required to manage the organization’s varied commercial interests.
Origin possess
(1300-1400) Old French possesser, from Latin possidere
pos·sess verbn GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1
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