Possession

(noun.) anything owned or possessed.

(noun.) the act of having and controlling property.

(noun.) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); 'they took possession of the ball on their own goal line'.

(noun.) a territory that is controlled by a ruling state.

(noun.) being controlled by passion or the supernatural.

整理:怀亚特

• It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar's demeanour. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It was intolerable, this possession at the hands of woman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But if he has this native equipment, its possession in no way guarantees that he will ever talk any language or what language he will talk. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• By seven o'clock the whole of Smith's force was ferried over and in possession of a height commanding the ferry. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In addition to this he had far under way a steamer for plying between Chattanooga and Bridgeport whenever we might get possession of the river. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• During the night they evacuated these; so that on the morning of the 23d we held undisputed possession of the east end of Monterey. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• So soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession, and its days are numbered. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But it seemed to him, woman was always so horrible and clutching, she had such a lust for possession, a greed of self-importance in love. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It may be advisable to superadd to the above, the statement that Mrs. Micawber is not in confidential possession of my intentions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Except for quite personal possessions, there was still an air of patriarchal communism about the tribe. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He had no money and very few possessions of any kind, so that he did not have much occasion to use arithmetic. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• How disentangle the passion for equality from the passion of cupidity, when begins the fight for equality of possessions? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• We might as well resolve the obligation to abstain from the possessions of others, into the obligation of a promise, as that of allegiance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Another episode of this period is curious in its revelation of the tenacity with which Edison has always held to some of his oldest possessions with a sense of personal attachment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And does it seem to me that I am about to deprive Harold Skimpole of his share in such possessions, which are his only birthright! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A considerable school of political thinkers in Britain was disposed to regard overseas possessions as a source of weakness to the kingdom. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And, secondly, there has hitherto existed in the States no organization for and no tradition of what one may call non-assimilable possessions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Of all my worldly possessions I took no more than the few necessaries that filled the bag. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• What if he be a profligate debauchee, and would rather receive harm than benefit from large possessions? 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Before the golden mean was found, however, Meg added to her domestic possessions what young couples seldom get on long without, a family jar. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

整理:劳拉