The dispossessed are people who have had property or land taken away — they once had a home, a farm, or a place, and it was taken.

The dispossessedthe dispossessed are people他們是這樣的一群人：who have had property or land taken away家產或土地曾經被拿走——they once had a home, a farm, or a place他們曾經有個家、有塊農地，或有個地方，and而 it was taken而它被拿走了。

Used this way it is often a noun: the dispossessed, meaning that group, not one single verb action. You also meet it as an adjective: a dispossessed family, dispossessed farmers.

Used this way這樣用的時候，it is often a noun它常常是名詞：the dispossessedthe dispossessed，meaning that group指的是那一群人，not one single verb action而不是單一的動詞動作。You also meet it你也會看到它 as an adjective當作形容詞：a dispossessed family一個 dispossessed 的家庭、dispossessed farmers被剝奪土地的農民。

It is a serious, news-like word. It can cover people pushed off land in war, by the state, or by the rich; the feeling is of loss, of being left with little.

It is a serious, news-like word它是嚴肅、新聞感的字。It can cover它可以涵蓋 people pushed off land in war, by the state, or by the rich因戰爭、被國家，或被有錢人趕離土地的人；the feeling is of loss這種感覺是失去，of being left with little是所剩無幾。

It is more specific than poor: the point is that something they had was taken. Though actually, writers like the phrase the dispossessed because it names a whole class of people in two words — kind, but easy to slide past who took the land.

It is more specific than poor它比 poor 更具體：the point is that something they had was taken重點在於他們曾擁有的東西被拿走了。Though actually不過其實，writers like the phrase the dispossessed作家喜歡用「the dispossessed」這個說法，because因為 it names a whole class of people in two words它兩個字就點出了一整個階層的人——kind雖然這樣說很體貼，but easy to slide past who took the land但也容易輕輕帶過是誰奪走了那塊土地。