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单词 possessed
释义
possessedpos‧sessed /pəˈzest/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Her family thought that she was possessed, and called in a priest.
word sets
WORD SETS
banshee, nouncoven, noundemon, noundemonic, adjectivedevil, nounESP, nounevil, adjectiveexorcism, nounexorcist, nounexorcize, verbextra-sensory perception, nounfiend, nounfortune-teller, nounmedium, nounmind reader, nounnecromancy, nounpalmist, nounpalmistry, nounpalm reader, nounparanormal, adjectiveparapsychology, nounpossessed, adjectiveprophecy, nounprophesy, verbpsychic, adjectivepsychic, nounpsychokinesis, nounseance, nounsoothsayer, nounspirit, nounSvengali, nountarot, nountelepathic, adjectivetelepathy, nounwitch, nounwizard, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 She was convinced he was possessed by the devil.
literary (=with a lot of energy or violence)
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • He felt possessed of great strength and fearlessness.
  • Finally, the citizen must, if true to his quality, be possessed of some civic virtue.
  • For Pan-dora, like all women, was possessed of a lively curiosity.
  • Let us assume that the entire being is possessed of 1, 000 arbitrary units of life force.
  • Sarah Stitt is possessed of the same huge eyes that she likes to paint in her huge-eyed portraits.
  • She was possessed of a wryness toward things around her that was endearing.
  • The President is possessed of a philosophical agenda based on a lifetime of experience and thought.
  • To my contemporaries then at this time, a helmet was possessed of immense symbolic importance.
  • Unlike Tyron, Mr Nagasyu was possessed of a degree of style and sophistication.
1if someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil:  She was convinced he was possessed by the devil.like a man/woman possessed literary (=with a lot of energy or violence)2be possessed of something literary to have a particular quality, ability etc:  She was possessed of a fine and original mind. self-possessed
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