| 单词 | possessive |
| 释义 | possessive (once / 4829 pages) adjn Being possessive means you're being a little selfish about people or things in your life: you're clinging to them tightly and saying "Mine!" Being possessive isn’t a good thing — possessive people are usually insecure and controlling. For example, you're being possessive of your pooch if you won't let anyone else play with it. A friend might be possessive of you if they get jealous when you hang out with other people. But in grammar, possessive is less creepy: a possessive word indicates ownership, like the word “dog's” in the sentence "Your dog's bowl just spilled on the carpet." WORD FAMILYpossessive: possessively, possessiveness, possessives+/dispossess: dispossessed, dispossesses, dispossessing, dispossession/dispossession: dispossessions/possess: dispossess, possessed, possesses, possessing, possession, possessive, possessor, prepossess, repossess/possessed: possessedly, self-possessed/possession: possessions, self-possession/possessor: possessors/prepossess: prepossessed, prepossesses, prepossessing, prepossession/prepossessing: prepossessingly, unprepossessing/prepossession: prepossessions/repossess: repossessed, repossesses, repossessing, repossession/repossession: repossessions/unprepossessing: unprepossessingly USAGE EXAMPLESMy wife of nine years has been controlling, possessive and verbally abusive for years. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) A week into our reconnection, he started getting possessive and irritated that I wasn’t spending enough time talking to him. Slate(Nov 02, 2016) It’s also possible the bride is rude, possessive, self-absorbed. Washington Post(Oct 18, 2016) 1adj serving to express or indicate possession possessive pronouns Syn genitive 2adj desirous of owning small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys Syn acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas 3adj having or showing a desire to control or dominate a possessive parent Syn dominant exercising influence or control 4n the case expressing ownership Syn|Hypo|Hyper genitive, genitive case, possessive case attributive genitive, attributive genitive case a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective oblique, oblique case any grammatical case other than the nominative |
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