posse: [17] Posse was the Latin verb for ‘be able’. It was a conflation of an earlier expression potis esse ‘be able’; and potis ‘able’ was descended from an Indo-European base *potthat also produced Sanskrit pati- ‘master, husband’ and Lithuanian patis ‘husband’. In medieval Latin posse came to be used as a noun meaning ‘power, force’.
It formed the basis of the expression posse comitātus, literally ‘force of the county’, denoting a body of men whom the sheriff of a county was empowered to raise for such purposes as suppressing a riot. The abbreviated form posse emerged at the end of the 17th century, but really came into its own in 18th- and 19th-century America. => possible, potent
posse (n.)
1640s (in Anglo-Latin from early 14c.), shortening of posse comitatus "the force of the county" (1620s, in Anglo-Latin from late 13c.), from Medieval Latin posse "body of men, power," from Latin posse "have power, be able" (see potent) + comitatus "of the county," genitive of Late Latin word for "court palace" (see comitatus). Modern slang meaning "small gang" is probably from Western movies.
posse 英文释义
1. a temporary police force
posse 双语例句
1. a little posse of helpers
一小伙帮忙的人
来自《权威词典》
2. A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Those on today's posse got one drink coming from the county budget!
今天巡逻的人喝一杯县里出钱的酒.
来自电影对白
4. The sheriff said 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.
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5. Chen Zhankui battle song gallops sky, we are posse fire.
军工战歌陈占奎驰骋天空, 我们是一团火.
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posse 实用场景例句
a little posse of helpers
一小伙帮忙的人
牛津词典
...a posse of reporters...
一群记者
柯林斯高阶英语词典
A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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.
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Street lamp light crouchs posse , resemble brushy balloon, wave in the sky in grey indigo color.
路灯光蜷缩一团, 象毛茸茸的气球, 飘在灰靛色的空中.
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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'.''.
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Joy in living can never be assumed as a posse or put on as a mask.
生活的乐趣是无法靠姿态摆出来的,也无法用戴上一张面具来伪装.
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Reforming the old posse seems to have lit a spark under its leader as well.
改革过去的乐队组合似乎同样在它的领头人身体底下点了把火.
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The sheriff said 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.
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Only the wise posse ideas ; the greater part of mankind is possessed by them.
惟有智者有创见,而大部分的人则被这些创见迷住了.
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The posse are pursuing the thief.
武装队正追捕那贼.
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The posse beat the countryside for the fugitive.
(美国)民防团在乡间搜捕逃犯.
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To overcome this problem, microwave sintering posse sses is attempted in the present process.
微波烧结具有升温速率快 、 反应时间短和体加热等显著特点,能解决传统烧结带来的问题.
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A posse of Detroit executives went to Tokyo to plead for relief from Japan's export drive.
底特律汽车界的一些高管们前往东京,恳求日本减弱其向美国的出口势头.
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Laugh at posse every time, 3 lunar hind laugh a few days again, really happy.
每次都笑成一团, 三个月后又大笑几天, 真是快乐.
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Those on today's posse got one drink coming from the county budget!
今天巡逻的人喝一杯县里出钱的酒.
电影对白
Chen Zhankui battle song gallops sky, we are posse fire.
军工战歌陈占奎驰骋天空, 我们是一团火.
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a little posse of helpers
一小伙帮忙的人
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
