own

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