possessive
所有格
definition
noun
Prenominal possessives (John's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.
a possessive word or form.
adjective
as soon as she'd been out with a guy a few times, he'd get possessive
demanding someone's total attention and love.
It's a relational noun, which means that a possessive shows who the noun relates to.
relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession.
translation of 'possessive'
noun
所有格
adjective
占有的,
所有的
example
It's a relational noun, which means that a 'possessive' shows who the noun relates to.
Relations that are implicit in the semantic structure of a possessed noun can affect the range of plausible interpretations of a 'possessive' construction.
Slowly he was becoming more and more 'possessive' , controlling, demanding.
And that's typically what happens where a mother may be very, very 'possessive' of that child.
They can be used as components of compounds, but if they are used on their own they must be used with 'possessive' prefixes.
The 'possessive' apostrophe disappeared in place names such as ‘Coopers Creek’ decades ago.
That kiss was like nothing I had felt before and not in a nice way, it was 'possessive' , aggressive and demanding… it scared me.
Although she may claim that her 'possessive' behaviour arises from her love, there might be a need for her to realize that love must be sustained by trust.
I think that men's love is very 'possessive' and involves ownership, competition, and performance.
People get 'possessive' , and people are not as romantic as they used to be.
He said yesterday: ‘I have no doubt David loved Ann very much, but it was a 'possessive' and jealous love.’
We all know that in English you form the 'possessive' by adding an apostrophe.
How do you do a possessive of a registered trademark that is itself already a 'possessive' ?
Retrograde Scorpio Venus tends to showcase the acquisitive, 'possessive' , less lovely traits of the Tauran shadow.
Instead of being demanding and 'possessive' like before, he was a whole new different man.
A woman can be very 'possessive' about personal accessories.
Oh look, I can understand him feeling very 'possessive' about his budget, he's been working on it a long time, but I think he needs to calm down a bit.
The mania type of love can be characterized as obsessive in that it is 'possessive' and dependent.
Does that mean she's already taken by an overly 'possessive' Johnny?
Now, in some relationships certain parties are very 'possessive' of their partner.
You are a very 'possessive' and demanding person, rarely impulsive or casual.
She is very 'possessive' of polar paraphernalia.
His great love remained his mother Louie, a dominating, 'possessive' woman who spoiled and adored her son above everything else.
But the evidence shows that 'possessive' apostrophes have been dropping like flies for years.
An eagle is 'possessive' and once it has caught a fox it will not let go.
Some linguists believe that English 'possessive' is no longer a case at all, but has become a clitic, an independent particle that is always pronounced as part of the preceding word.
There were a lot of books that were in the children's names that were burnt, and children are very 'possessive' of their things.
She had lot of people who claimed her attention but later on a particular man became more 'possessive' of her and she stopped entertaining others.
If we were not greedy, 'possessive' creatures why would we need a means to measure our worth?
She's always been so 'possessive' and she just… I don't know.
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