dispossess
verb /ˌdɪspəˈzes/
/ˌdɪspəˈzes/
[usually passive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they dispossess | /ˌdɪspəˈzes/ /ˌdɪspəˈzes/ |
| he / she / it dispossesses | /ˌdɪspəˈzesɪz/ /ˌdɪspəˈzesɪz/ |
| past simple dispossessed | /ˌdɪspəˈzest/ /ˌdɪspəˈzest/ |
| past participle dispossessed | /ˌdɪspəˈzest/ /ˌdɪspəˈzest/ |
| -ing form dispossessing | /ˌdɪspəˈzesɪŋ/ /ˌdɪspəˈzesɪŋ/ |
- dispossess somebody (of something) to take somebody’s property, land or house away from them
剥夺，夺去（某人的财产、土地、房屋） 词源late 15th cent.: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.