" Take" often suggests to gain possession of something by force, illegally or unfairly.

" take" 通常表示以武力、非法或不公正的手段等获取某些东西。

Many nations, therefore, sent out ships and men to try to gain possession of part of it.

因此，许多国家纷纷派出船队试图占领新发现的土地。

But Abram said, " Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it" ?

亚伯兰说：" 主耶和华啊，我怎能知道必得这地为业呢？"

That was the era when the trust mania had gained possession of the American mind and when its worst features displayed themselves.

那个时代，信任狂热占据了美国人的思想， 其最坏的一面也暴露出来了。

Some demon has gained possession of me, and what I am doing today is the play of his activity—it has nothing to do with me.

有魔附体了，我今天所做的一切都是他的活动，与我无关。

First of all, they hoped, in vain, to carry the Confederacy up to the Ohio River;and, with the aid of Missouri, to gain possession of the Mississippi Valley, the granary of the nation.

首先，他们徒劳地希望将邦联带到俄亥俄河；并在密苏里州的帮助下，占领密西西比河谷，这个国家的粮仓。

How long the various species of wild bees have lived in this honey-garden, nobody knows; probably ever since the main body of the present flora gained possession of the land, toward the close of the glacial period.

没有人知道各种野蜂在这个蜜园里生活了多久；可能自从现在的植物群的主体占领了这片土地，到冰川期结束时。