Possessive

possessive adj 1 ~ (with sth/sb) (a) showing a desire to own things and an unwillingness to share what one owns 显示占有欲的; 不愿与人分享的 The child was very possessive with his toys. 那孩子把自己的玩具把得紧紧的. (b) treating sb as if one owns him, demanding total attention or love （视某人为己有而欲霸占其全部精力或感情）占有欲强的 possessiveparents 让子女唯命是从的父母 She found her boyfriend'spossessive behaviour intolerable. 她忍受不了男朋友控制她感情的行为. 2 (grammar) of or showing possession 表示所属关系的; 属有格的 the possessive case 属有格 `Anne's', `the boy's', `the boys'' are possessive forms. Anne's、 the boy's、 the boys'都是属有格形式. `Yours', `his', etc are possessive pronouns. *yours、 his等是物主代词. possessive, n (grammar) 1 [C] possessive word or form 表示所属关系的词或词语形式 `Ours' is a possessive. ours是属有代词. 2 the possessive [sing] the possessive case 属有格. Cf 参看 genitive.