被某個力量抓住的人
這一組的人都是被抓的那一方，句型也一樣：be possessed by 加上抓住他的東西。
adjective · B2
If someone is possessed, people believe that an evil spirit has taken hold of their mind and is making them speak and act in a way that is not their own.
被附身
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: possess means to own or take hold of, and possessed is the other end of that, the side being held. Once you ask two questions, all three meanings fall into place. What is doing the holding? And is the person the one held, or the one holding? An evil spirit holds a person; a huge feeling holds a person; a fine mind is held by its owner.
可以想成 possess 是「佔有、抓住」，而 possessed 就是被抓住的那一端。抓的力量從外面來，人只是被握…更多收起
可以想成 possess 是「佔有、抓住」，而 possessed 就是被抓住的那一端。抓的力量從外面來，人只是被握在手心裡的那一個。三個意思都能用兩個問題拆開：抓住的是什麼？被抓的是人，還是東西？邪靈抓住一個人，巨大的情緒抓住一個人，而一副好頭腦則是被它的主人握在手上。關鍵常常就藏在後面那個小小的介系詞。Two branches
被放進你名下的特質
同樣是「被佔有」，但這次被佔有的不是人，是一項特質；被抓住的東西換了位置，人就從受害者變成擁有者。
adjective · C1
If someone is possessed of a quality, an ability or a thing, they have it. The quality is usually a good one, and the whole expression belongs to formal or literary writing.
擁有（某種特質）
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
possessedadj/pəˈzɛst/
- 1
Controlled by evil spirits.
- He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
- Three days remained till Beltane's E'en, and throughout this time it was noted that Heriotside behaved like one possessed. It may be that his conscience pricked him, or that he had a glimpse of his sin and its coming punishment.
- 2
Seized by powerful emotions.
- O what ridiculous Reſolutions Men take, when poſſeſs'd with Fear! It deprives them of the Uſe of thoſe Means which Reaſon offers for their Relief.
- 3
Having; owning.
- The president was possessed of great wealth.
- It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。