possession是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 所有, 拥有, 财产，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The strong glare of the fire fell full upon his sturdy, weath-er-beaten countenance and forest attire, lending an air of romantic wildness to the aspect of an individual, who, seen by the sober light of day, would have exhibited the peculiarities of a man remarkable for the strangeness of his dress, the iron-like inflexibility of his frame, and the singular compound of quick, vigilant sagacity, and of ex-quisite simplicity, that by turns usurped the possession of his muscular features.
-- A fish-hawk, which, secure on the topmost branches of a dead pine, had been a distant spectator of the fray, now swooped from his high and ragged perch, and soared, in wide sweeps, above his prey; while a jay, whose noisy voice had been stilled by the hoarser cries of the savages, ventured again to open his discordant throat, as though once more in undisturbed possession of his wild domains.
-- Favored by this arrangement, they touched the head of the island at that point which had proved so fatal to their first adventurers, but with the advantages of superior num-bers, and the possession of firearms.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door and window.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was this: I asked myself whether there was not in his soul some deep-rooted instinct of creation, which the circumstances of his life had obscured, but which grew relentlessly, as a cancer may grow in the living tissues, till at last it took possession of his whole being and forced him irresistibly to action.
-- "芒聭赂芒聭赂 This picture, formerly in the possession of a wealthy manufacturer at Lille, who fled from that city on the approach of the Germans, is now in the National Gallery at Stockholm.
-- I was startled at this, but the idea had no sooner taken possession of me than I saw it was absurd.
-- I could not believe that he would ever suffer that possession of himself which love is; he could never endure a foreign yoke.
-- The bush was encroaching, and it looked as though very soon the primeval forest would regain possession of that strip of land which had been snatched from it at the cost of so much labour.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Sleep at last took possession of Pencroft, whom a seafaring life had habituated to anything.
-- All the consequences likely to result from this incident, notwithstanding its apparent insignificance, immediately took possession of their minds.
-- "And now," said Gideon Spilett, "since the jaguar has left its abode, I do not see, my friends, why we should not take possession of it for the night."
-- "Well," said Gideon Spilett, "it seems we must make up our minds to console ourselves with thinking that no one will come to dispute with us the possession of Lincoln Island!"
-- Some one has come during our absence, taken possession of our dwelling and drawn up the ladder."
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But all that night, waking or in my sleep, the same thoughts recurred and the same images retained possession of my brain.
-- said Dick, 'sorry in the possession of a Cheggs!But I wish you a very good night, concluding with this slight remark, that there is a young lady growing up at this present moment for me, who has not only great personal attractions but great wealth, and who has requested her next of kin to propose for my hand, which, having a regard for some members of her family, I have consented to promise.
-- Standing, however, being a tiresome attitude to a gentleman already fatigued with walking, and the dwarf being one of that kind of persons who usually make themselves at home, he soon cast his eyes upon a chair, into which he skipped with uncommon agility, and perching himself on the back with his feet upon the seat, was thus enabled to look on and listen with greater comfort to himself, besides gratifying at the same time that taste for doing something fantastic and monkey-like, which on all occasions had strong possession of him.
-- The old man's illness had not lasted many days when he took formal possession of the premises and all upon them, in virtue of certain legal powers to that effect, which few understood and none presumed to call in question.
-- A group of idle urchins had taken possession of the door-steps; some were plying the knocker and listening with delighted dread to the hollow sounds it spread through the dismantled house; others were clustered about the keyhole, watching half in jest and half in earnest for 'the ghost,' which an hour's gloom, added to the mystery that hung about the late inhabitants, had already raised.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- An exultation, the like of which he had not experienced for a long time, took possession of his soul, as though, after long suffering and weariness, he found at last liberty and rest.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But presently a fresh series of impressions grew up in my mind a certain curiosity and therewith a certain dread until at last they took complete possession of me.
-- Yet all the same, they were soon destined to take far deadlier possession of my mind.
-- I fancied that if I could solve their puzzles I should find myself in possession of powers that might be of use against the Morlocks.
-- I had in my possession a thing that was, perhaps, the best of all defences against the Morlocks I had matches!I had the camphor in my pocket, too, if a blaze were needed.
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