1·Carl and Martin may inherit their grandmother's possessions when she dies. The thought agitates her.
他们的祖母去世后,卡尔和马丁可能会继承她的财产。这个念头令她焦虑不安。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Where should you never admire your host's possessions?
在哪里你一定不能羡慕你主人的财产?
3·Happiness does not consist in how many possessions you own.
幸福不在于你拥有多少财产。
4·My various possessions were floating in their own pools of shadow, denying my ownership of them.
我的各种财产都漂浮在各自的阴影中,否认我的持有权。
5·Obviously, there's a tremendous difference between getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster without having a say in the matter.
显然,处理掉财产和在自然灾害中毫无发言权地失去它们之间有着巨大的差别。