新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

own

英  [əʊn]
    

[ADJ, PRON, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1自己的

    You use own to indicate that something belongs to a particular person or thing.

    双语例句

    例:

    My wife decided I should have my own shop.

    我妻子决定让我自己开店。

    例:

    He could no longer trust his own judgement.

    他再也不相信自己的判断了。

    2自己独有的

    You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group.

    双语例句

    例:

    Jennifer insisted on her own room.

    詹尼弗坚持要有自己的房间。

    例:

    Each nation has its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business.

    说到做生意,每个民族都有它自己独有的一些特性。

    3自己的

    You use own to indicate that someone does something without any help from other people.

    双语例句

    例:

    They enjoy making their own decisions.

    他们喜欢自己做决定。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • own up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 承认

    If you own up to something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The teacher is waiting for someone to own up to the graffiti.

    老师在等着有人承认乱涂乱画的行为。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • call something your own

    1专属于自己的

    If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.

    双语例句

    例:

    I would like a place I could call my own.

    我想要一个只属于自己的地方。

  • come into one's own , come into its own

    1得心应手

    If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right.

    双语例句

    例:

    Many women have come into their own as teachers, healers, and leaders.

    许多女性成为很杰出的教师、医师和领导者。

  • get your own back

    1报复

    If you get your own back on someone, you have your revenge on them because of something bad that they have done to you.

  • of one's own

    1属于自己的

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own.

    他开始寻求思路创办自己的公司。

  • of one's own , all of one's own

    1特有的

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    The cries of the seagulls gave this part of the harbour a fascinating character of its own.

    海鸥的叫声赋予这边的海港一种迷人的特质。

  • on one's own

    1独自地

    When you are on your own, you are alone.

    近义词

    alone

    双语例句

    例:

    He lives on his own.

    他独自居住。

    例:

    I felt pretty lonely last year being on my own.

    我去年独自生活时感到特别孤独。

    2独立地

    If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people.

    双语例句

    例:

    I work best on my own.

    我具有很强的独立工作能力。

    PRON. 代词
  • 1自己的

    Something that is your own belongs to you.

    双语例句

    例:

    He saw the major's face a few inches from his own.

    他看到少校的脸离他自己的只有几英寸。

    2自己独有的

    Something that is your own is only used by you or is characteristic of you alone.

    双语例句

    例:

    This young lady has a sense of style that is very much her own.

    这位年轻女士具有一种她自己独有的时尚观。

    3自己的

    Something that is your own is done or made without any help from other people.

    双语例句

    例:

    There's no career structure; you have to create your own.

    没有什么职业架构,你必须自己规划。

    VERB. 动词
  • owns , owning , owned

    1[T 及物动词] 拥有

    If you own something, it is your property.

    近义词

    possess

    双语例句

    例:

    His father owns a local video shop.

    他父亲在当地开了一家音像店。

    例:

    farmers who own land.

    拥地农民。

    例:

    At least three British golf courses are now owned by the Japanese.

    英国现在至少有3家高尔夫球场归日本人所有。 。