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单词 possessed by
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possessed by


Driven by, obsessed with, as in He was possessed by the idea of becoming a millionaire. This idiom employs possess in the sense of “dominate one's thoughts or ideas,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

Words nearby possessed by

posse, posse comitatus, posser, possess, possessed, possessed by, possession, possession is nine points of the law, possession order, possessive, possessive adjective
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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