own
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ You use own to indicate that something belongs to a particular person or thing. 自己的[poss ADJ]
My wife decided I should have my own shop. 我妻子決定我應該有自己的店鋪。
He could no longer trust his own judgement. 他再也不相信自己的判斷了。
2. PRON Own is also a pronoun. 自己的[poss PRON]
He saw the major's face a few inches from his own. 他看到少校的臉離他自己的臉衹有幾英寸。
3. ADJ You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group. 自己獨有的[poss ADJ]
Jennifer insisted on her own room. 詹尼弗堅持要自己專用的房間。
Each nation has its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business. 說到做生意,每個民族都有它自己獨有的一些特性。
4. PRON Own is also a pronoun. 自己獨有的[poss PRON]
This young lady has a sense of style that is very much her own. 這位年輕女士具有一種她自己獨有的時尚觀。
5. ADJ You use own to indicate that someone does something without any help from other people. 自己的[poss ADJ]
They enjoy making their own decisions. 他們喜歡做他們自己的決定。
6. PRON Own is also a pronoun. 自己的[poss PRON]
There's no career structure; you have to create your own. 沒有什麽職業架搆,你必須創造你自己的。
7. V-T If you own something, it is your property. 擁有
His father owns a local video shop
他父親擁有一家儅地的音像店。
8. PHRASE If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else. 專屬於自己的
I would like a place I could call my own. 我想要一個衹屬於我自己的地方。
9. PHRASE If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right. 得心應手
Many women have come into their own as teachers, healers, and leaders. 許多女性成爲很成功的教師、毉師和領導者。
10. PHRASE If you get your own back on someone, you have your revenge on them because of something bad that they have done to you. 報複[英國英語] [非正式]
11. PHRASE If you say that someone has a particular thing of their own, you mean that that thing belongs or relates to them, rather than to other people. 屬於自己的
He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own. 他開始著手想辦法創辦屬於自己的一家公司。
12. PHRASE If someone or something has a particular quality or characteristic of their own, that quality or characteristic is especially theirs, rather than being shared by other things or people of that type. 特有的
The cries of the seagulls gave this part of the harbour a fascinating character of its own. 海鷗的鳴叫聲賦予海港的這邊一種特有的迷人特質。
13. PHRASE When you are on your own, you are alone. 獨自地
He lives on his own. 他獨自居住。
I felt pretty lonely last year being on my own. 我去年獨自生活時感到特別孤獨。
14. PHRASE If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people. 獨立地
I work best on my own. 我獨立工作最出色。
15. to hold your own→see hold
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own /əʊn/ (owning,owned,owns)
剑桥词典
- belonging to or done by a particular person or thing
- They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt .
- Now you can watch the latest films in the comfort of your own room .
- She said that she didn't want a lawyer and was going to conduct her own defence .
- Her death made him more aware of his own mortality .
- We now have our very own post office in the village .
自己(的),本人(的);自己人
Each neighbourhood in New York has its own characteristics . 紐約的每個居民區都有自己的特點。
I'd like to have my very own apartment . 我想有自己的公寓。
He wanted an apartment of his own. 他想要一套屬於自己的公寓。
She makes all her own clothes . 她的衣服全都是自己做的。
I'm going to be out tonight , so you'll have to make your own dinner (= prepare it yourself). 我今晚要出去,所以你得自己做飯了。
Was that your own idea or did someone suggest it to you? 那是你自己的主意還是有人給你出的主意?
You'll have to make up your own mind (= decide by yourself) what you want to do. 你想做什麽得自己拿主意。
I'd never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes /heard it with my own ears . 要不是親眼看到/親耳聽到此事,我怎麽也不會相信。
"Is that your mum's car ?" "No, it's my own (= it belongs to me)." “那是你媽媽的車嗎?”“不,是我自己的。”
James Joyce wrote in a style that was all his own (= that was not like that of anyone else ). 詹姆斯•喬伊斯以自己獨有的風格寫作。
We like to take care of our own (= take care of people who are members of our family , or who work for us). 我們關照自己人。
(all) on your own
alone
獨自,一個人
I like living on my own. 我喜歡獨自一個人生活。
B1 mainly UK
without any help
獨立地;無援地
I did my buttons up all on my own, Dad . 爸爸,我的紐釦全是我自己釦上的。
in your own time
mainly UK
If you do something in your own time , you do it at the speed at which you want to work .
不慌不忙地
UK (US on your own time)
during the time when you are not officially working
業餘時間,非工作時間
You may only use company computers to access the Web in your own time . 你衹能在業餘時間使用公司的電腦上網。
例句
習語
be your own person/woman/mancome into your own
for its own sake
get your own back (on sb)
get your own way
make sth (all) your own
on your own head be it
your own flesh and blood 返回 own