dispossess

IPA/ˌdɪspəˈzes/
KK[dˌɪspəzˈɛs]IPA/ˌdɪspəˈzes/

dispossess — verb

  • dispossesspresent simple I / you / we / they
  • dispossesseshe / she / it
  • dispossessedpast simple
  • dispossessing-ing form

1. to take away someone's home, land, or other property by using legal authority or

1.動詞及物C2
釋義

to take away someone's home, land, or other property by using legal authority or force, usually against their will

例句

During the civil war, the government dispossessed thousands of families of their homes and farms.

pattern: dispossess + someone + of + property

The Ainu people were dispossessed of their ancestral lands during the nineteenth century.

passive: be dispossessed of + land

同義詞
  • evict

    more specific — refers to removing someone from a rented property; wider than dispossess

  • expropriate

    often used when a government takes private property, sometimes with compensation; dispossess implies no compensation

  • deprive

    broader — can apply to anything (food, sleep, rights); dispossess is specific to property

  • seize

    more forceful and abrupt; dispossess suggests a legal or official process

反義詞
  • possess

    to own or hold property

  • grant

    to give someone property rights, the opposite of taking them away

文法句型

dispossess + someone + of + something

be dispossessed of something

用法筆記

Frequently used in the passive voice. The person or group whose property is taken is always the direct object; the property itself is introduced by the preposition 'of'.

常見錯誤

❌The government dispossessed the land from the farmers.
✅The government dispossessed the farmers of their land.
💡The people are the direct object, not the property.
❌The landlord dispossessed the apartment.
✅The landlord dispossessed the tenant of the apartment.
💡The person is the object, and the thing taken follows 'of'.