音标:['pɒsi] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 一队, 一团, 地方武装团队
[法] 可能性
n. a temporary police force
词型变化:名词复数形式 : posses
考试类型:[GRE]
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posse的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The posse rode down the escaping bank robber.一队警察驾车追上了正在逃跑的银行抢动犯。
  2. I come in here with my posse and my deputies but he doesn't like that.我上任的时候把我的团队和副手都带过来了,而他不喜欢我这样。
  3. They got a posse together, and went off to guard the river bank, and as soon as it is light the sheriff and a gang are going to beat up the woods.他们调集了一队人马,部署在河岸上,担任守卫工作。 等天亮后,警长还亲自带一帮人到森林去搜查。
  4. The posse are pursuing the thief.武装队正追捕那贼。
  5. The sheriff said that the posse could head off the outlaws at the pass.那位行政司法长官说,警察们可以在关口截住那些亡命之徒。

词汇搭配

  • in posse可能地

经典引文

  • He posed a posse of rhetorical questions.

    出自:F. Raphael
  • Had she been in trouble, there was a whole posse of relations to turn to.

    出自:C. Tomalin
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