| 单词 | own |
| 释义 | adjective, pronoun | verb ownown1 /oʊn/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective, pronoun 1belonging to a particular person and no one else: Ben wants his own room. This is my newspaper. Go get your own. Now I’ve got my very own (=used for emphasis) credit card.(all) of its/his/her etc. own He recently started a business of his own. Every city has a character all of its own.2done or made without the help or influence of someone else: I’m old enough to make my own decisions. It’s his own fault (=used to emphasize that someone is responsible for a mistake) for leaving it there.3(all) on your own a)alone: Will you be OK here on your own? b)without help: Did you build this all on your own?4its own used to emphasize that something includes something else: Every room has its own balcony.5used when comparing two situations to emphasize that someone or something else also has something: She couldn’t think about them. She had her own problems to worry about. Our children all have children of their own now.6make something your own to change something that used to belong to someone else so that it seems to be typical of you and seems to belong to you: It’s taken years, but it feels like we’ve finally made this house our own.7be your own man/woman to have strong opinions and intentions which are not influenced by other people → see also in somebody’s own backyard at backyard (2), come into your own at come into (7), hold your own at hold1 (26), too nice/clever/fast etc. for your own good at too (5), in somebody’s own way at way1 (36)GRAMMAR: own• Use own only after possessive words such as “my,” “Carol’s,” “the company’s,” etc.: Becky has her own office.• You can also use very to emphasize own, especially in informal spoken English: I love my stepdaughter like my very own child. adjective, pronoun | verb ownown2 ●●● S2 W1 verb [transitive not in progressive] 1to legally have something because you have bought it, been given it, etc.: They own a small electronics company. The horse is owned by a Saudi businessman.THESAURUShave – if you have something, you own it and it is available for you to use: How many students have a cell phone?something belongs to somebody – if something belongs to you, it is yours: The ring belonged to my grandmother, but she gave it to me. Who does this jacket belong to?possess formal – to own or have something. Used especially in legal language to talk about having something illegal: Philips was charged with possessing cocaine. She doesn’t drive and doesn’t possess a car.2do something like you own the place informal to behave in a way that is too confident and annoys other people: He walks around here like he owns the place!3own (that) old use to admit that something is true [Origin: Old English agnian, from agen own]own up phrasal verb to admit something embarrassing or something bad that you have done: own up to Chuck wouldn’t own up to the fact that he’d been drinking. |
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