possessive
adj
1 ~ (with sth/sb)
(a) showing a desire to own things and an unwillingness to share what one owns 顯示占有欲的; 不愿與人分享的
The child was very possessive with his toys. 那孩子把自己的玩具把得緊緊的.
(b) treating sb as if one owns him, demanding total attention or love (視某人為己有而欲霸占其全部精力或感情)占有欲強的
possessiveparents 讓子女唯命是從的父母
She found her boyfriend'spossessive behaviour intolerable. 她忍受不了男朋友控制她感情的行為.
2 (grammar) of or showing possession 表示所屬關系的; 屬有格的
the possessive case 屬有格
`Anne's', `the boy's', `the boys'' are possessive forms. Anne's、 the boy's、 the boys'都是屬有格形式.
`Yours', `his', etc are possessive pronouns. *yours、 his等是物主代詞. possessive, n (grammar)
1 [C] possessive word or form 表示所屬關系的詞或詞語形式
`Ours' is a possessive. ours是屬有代詞.
2 the possessive [sing]
the possessive case 屬有格. Cf 參看 genitive.