| 词组 | possessed |
| 释义 | possessed When possessed is used as a form of the verb possess meaning "to make or be the owner," it is used with of: • ... this delicacy at least was possessed of one advantage —Osbert Sitwell, Noble Essences, 1950 • ... Second Lieutenant Charles Carter, who ... wrongfully possessed himself of Lieutenant Day's side arm —James Gould Cozzens, Guard of Honor, 1948 • ... he finds himself possessed of an immense spiritual and physical loneliness —Hollis Alpert, Saturday Rev., 27 Mar. 1954 When possessed is used as a past participle or an adjective meaning "influenced or controlled," it is used with by: • Lawrence, then, possessed, or, if you care to put it the other way round, was possessed by, a gift—a gift to which he was unshakeably loyal —Aldous Huxley, The Olive Tree, 1937 • The scene was graceful and quietly amusing ... sordid only if you were possessed by high morals — Peggy Bennett, The Varmints, 1947 • ... a woman of remarkable energy and courage, possessed by a deep religious zeal —Peter Quennell, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 29 Aug. 1954 Less frequently the adjective possessed is followed by with: • ... if Mr. Paul V. Carroll's priests were not so completely possessed with the idea of their immense importance —Thomas Halton, Irish Digest, April 1955 • There must be over 10,000 itchy Americans who are possessed ... with the ambition to make a Jules and Jim —Daniel Talbot, Evergreen, August 1967 |
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