dispossession

/ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /¦dis+/ (ame, mw)

dispossession — 名詞

1. a situation where someone loses their land, home, or belongings because another

1.名詞C2
釋義

剝奪財產

被強行奪走土地、房屋或財產的情況

a situation where someone loses their land, home, or belongings because another person, company, or government forces them to give these up.

例句

The new mining law led to the dispossession of many farming villages along the river.

新的礦業法導致河岸沿線許多農村被剝奪了土地。

dispossession of + group affected

Adaeze wrote a book about the dispossession suffered by her grandparents during the war.

Adaeze 寫了一本書，記錄她祖父母在戰爭期間遭受的財產剝奪。

dispossession suffered by + named subject

同義詞
  • eviction

    narrower — removing tenants from a rented property, often by court order

  • expropriation

    formal/legal — the state takes private property, often with some payment

  • deprivation

    broader — being denied something needed, not only property

  • displacement

    focuses on people being forced to leave a place, not on who takes the property

反義詞
  • possession

    the state of owning or holding property

  • restitution

    returning property to its rightful owner after it was taken

文法句型

dispossession of [noun]

dispossession of [person]

用法筆記

Subject of the action (the dispossessor) is usually a state, company, or legal process; the object (the dispossessed) is usually a person, family, or community. Often appears in legal, historical, or political writing rather than daily conversation.

常見錯誤

❌He felt dispossession after losing his job.
✅He felt a sense of loss after losing his job.
💡'dispossession' refers to property being taken, not general loss or sadness.
❌The company did a dispossession on the tenants.
✅The company carried out the dispossession of the tenants.
💡pair with verbs like 'carry out', 'lead to', or 'result in', not 'do'.