動(dòng)詞 possess:

1. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
2. have ownership or possession of
   同義詞：own, have
3. enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas

1. The police asked me if I possessed a gun.
   警察問我是否有槍。
2. I don't know what possessed him to drive so fast down that busy street.
   我不知道他著了什么魔，在那條熱鬧的街上把車子開得這么快。

pos.sess

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
pos.sessed,pos.sess.ing,pos.sess.es
To have as property; own.
持有；擁有
To have as a quality, characteristic, or other attribute:
具有品質(zhì)、特點(diǎn)或其他特征：
例句：
possessed great tact.
具有非凡的智謀

To acquire mastery of or have knowledge of:
掌握或懂得：
例句：
possess valuable data.
掌握珍貴的數(shù)據(jù)資料

To gain or exert influence or control over; dominate:
主宰，影響：增加或施加影響或控制；支配：
例句：
Fury possessed me.
我勃然大怒

To control or maintain (one`s nature) in a particular condition:
維持，控制：在特定情形下控制或耐?。ㄐ宰樱?/br>例句：
I possessed my temper despite the insult.
雖然受到侮辱我還是按捺住怒氣

To cause to own, hold, or master something, such as property or knowledge:
使擁有，使掌握：使擁有、使持有或使掌握，如財(cái)產(chǎn)或知識(shí)：
例句：
She possessed herself of the unclaimed goods.
她把那些沒人認(rèn)領(lǐng)的貨物占為己有

To cause to be influenced or controlled, as by an idea or emotion:
纏住，迷?。菏故苡绊?、使受控制，如使受某一想法或情感受影響或控制：
例句：
The thought of getting rich possessed him.
他整天就想著發(fā)財(cái)

Obsolete To gain or seize.
【廢語】 獲得或取得

來源：
Middle English possessen
中古英語 possessen
from Old French possesser
源自 古法語 possesser
from Latin possidôre possess-
源自 拉丁語 possidôre possess-
pos- [as master] * see poti-
pos- [作為主人] *參見 poti-
sedôre [to sit] * see sed-
sedôre [坐] *參見 sed-

【引伸】
posses.sor
n.（名詞）