own是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 belonging to or done by a particular person or thing -- 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，所以你要自己做飯了。

  • 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. 你想做甚麼要自己拿主意。

  • 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，我怎麼也不會相信。

  • "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。

  • I like living on my own. 我喜歡獨自一個人生活。

  • I did my buttons up all on my own, Dad . 爸爸，我的鈕扣全是我自己扣上的。

  • You may only use company computers to access the Web in your own time. 你只能在業餘時間使用公司的電腦上網。

• 1 to have something that legally belongs to you -- （合法）擁有

  • We own our house. 我們擁有自己的房子。

  • I've never owned a suit in my life. 我這輩子從沒擁有過一套西裝。

• 2 to admit -- 承認

  • [ + (that) ] I own (that) I was not very happy with the group's decision. 我承認我對集體的決定不是很滿意。

• 3 to defeat someone completely or be much better than him or her; to perform extremely well -- 完全擊敗…；比…好得多

  • Last time we played them, we owned them! 上次交手時，我們徹底打敗了他們！

  • Beyoncé owned that stage tonight!