dispossess

dispossess
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 dispossessed)deprive (someone) of something that they own, typically land or property
    使失去某物(尤指土地、财产),剥夺
    they were dispossessed of lands and properties at the time of the Reformation.
    在宗教改革时期他们被剥夺了土地和财产。
    [as plural noun the dispossessed]a champion of the poor and the dispossessed.
    一位穷人和无产者的捍卫者。
    ■(in sport) deprive (a player) of the ball
    (运动用语)夺(运动员)的球
    he dispossessed Hendrie and set off on a solo run.
    他从亨德里手中夺过球,一个人向前跑。
派生
dispossession
noun
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser 'possess'
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