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possessive

adjective
🔊/pəˈzesɪv/
🔊/pəˈzesɪv/
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  1. possessive (of/about somebody/something) demanding total attention or love; not wanting somebody to be independent要求悉心关爱的；占有欲强的
    • Some parents are too possessive of their children.有些父母过分要求子女百依百顺。🔊🔊
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    • Loretta's starting to get possessive and jealous.洛蕾塔开始变得占有欲强且嫉妒心重。
    • She had always been possessive of her brother.她总是把弟弟看得紧紧的。
    • her fiercely possessive love for him她对他霸道的爱
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • of
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  2. possessive (of/about something) not liking to lend things or share things with others不愿分享的；有独占欲望的
    • Jimmy's very possessive about his toys.吉米的玩具谁也碰不得。🔊🔊
    • Why should he feel so possessive about some old photos?他为什么如此不希望将一些旧照片给别人看？
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • of
    See full entry
  3. [usually before noun] (grammar语法) showing that something belongs to somebody/something表示所属关系的；所有格的
    • possessive pronouns (= yours, theirs, etc.)物主代词
    Topics Languagea2

possessive

noun
🔊/pəˈzesɪv/
🔊/pəˈzesɪv/
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  1. [countable] a pronoun or a form of a word that expresses the fact that something belongs to somebody/something所有格；属有词
    • ‘Ours’ and ‘their’ are possessives.ours 和 their 是所有格形式。🔊🔊
  2. the possessive
     noun [singular] the special form of a word that expresses belonging所有格Topics Languagea2
    3. compare genitive