| 单词 | own |
| 释义 | own (oʊn ) Word forms: owns , owning , owned 1. adjective A2 You use own to indicate that something belongs to a particular person or thing. Helen decided I should have my own shop. ...another group of patients who were taught to change their own dressings. Why can't I live a normal life in my own country? He could no longer trust his own judgement. His office had its own private entrance. Own is also a pronoun. He saw the Major's face a few inches from his own. 2. adjective A2 You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group. Jennifer insisted on her own room. I let her tell me about it in her own way. Each nation has its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business. Own is also a pronoun. This young lady has a sense of style that is very much her own. 3. adjective B1 You use own to indicate that someone does something without any help from other people. They enjoy making their own decisions. Tony also built his own house from his own plans. He'll have to make his own arrangements. Own is also a pronoun. There's no career structure, you have to create your own. 4. verb B1 If you own something, it is your property. His father owns a local pub. [VERB noun] Some of these companies are now owned by overseas corporations. [VERB noun] Synonyms: possess, have, keep, hold 5. verb If you own someone, you completely defeat them in a game, competition, or argument. [informal] I just totally owned you. [VERB noun] 6. to call something your own 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. They don't yet have a country to call their own. I would like a place I could call my own. 7. come into one's/its own phrase If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right. The goalkeeper came into his own with a series of brilliant saves. This is when geraniums and petunias come into their own. 8. to get your own back 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. [mainly British, informal] Renshaw reveals 20 bizarre ways in which women have got their own back on former loved ones. 9. make sth one's own phrase [VERB inflects] If you make something your own, you become involved in it in such a way that people think of it as being related only to you or belonging only to you, rather than to anyone else. Here again is the song that Pavarotti has made his own. 10. of one's own 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. You see, we have a problem of our own. He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own. 11. of one's own/all of one's own 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. Groups have a personality of their own. The cries of the seagulls gave this part of the harbour a fascinating character all of its own. 12. on one's own phrase B1 If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people. I work best on my own. ...the jobs your child can do on her own. 13. on one's own phrase B1 When you are on your own, you are alone. He lives on his own. I told him how scared I was of being on my own. I need some time on my own. 14. as if/like one owns the place phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE after verb] If you say that someone does something as if they own the place or like they own the place, you are critical of them because they do it in a very arrogant way. [disapproval] He struts around town like he owns the place. 15. hold one's own phrase If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you. The Frenchman held his own against the challenger. Phrasal verbs: own up phrasal verb If you own up to something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it. The headmaster is waiting for someone to own up. [VERB PARTICLE] They fear losing face by owning up to what they have done. [VERB PARTICLE + to] Collocations: partly own More than 300 companies are wholly or partly owned by employees, and they contribute 30bn to gross domestic product. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The solar or wind assets would be wholly or partly owned by communities. Times,Sunday Times (2019) France Télécom, which partly owns Orange, has already cut its prices in response to the launch. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There she learned that a privately owned plane had left ten minutes earlier. THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY He's obviously a very rich man, but since all his companies are privately owned, it's impossible to say exactly how rich. STAGE FRIGHT Despite being responsible for the biggest percentage increases, council-run crematoria were still typically cheaper than privately owned operators. Times, Sunday Times (2017) It involves the wasteful demolition of publicly owned property. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It means Iceland's top three banks are now publicly owned. The Sun (2008) The UK's economic system once weathered the privatisation of many assets that had been publicly owned. Times, Sunday Times (2019) Private shareholders own about 20 per cent of the stock, with the rest held by the usual array of institutional investors. Times, Sunday Times Shareholders own the companies that created that value, while bondholders and depositors must make do with promises to repay their capital and some interest. Times, Sunday Times Retail shareholders own half the stock. Times,Sunday Times Retail shareholders own about 20 per cent of the issued share capital. Times, Sunday Times The shareholders own that company. Times, Sunday Times The trust owns 90 houses in the village, which comprises just four streets, with just five or six homes in private hands. Times, Sunday Times The trust owns 10 per cent of the island, more than 4,000 acres, including 17 miles of coastline. Times, Sunday Times Cycling elsewhere please, where the trust owns land away from the historic core. Times, Sunday Times He has already brought in-house the management of 45 per cent of the 21 billion that the trust owns, from 7 per cent when he arrived 11 years ago. Times, Sunday Times The supporters' trust owns 48.5 per cent, having raised 2.75m through fans handing over 1,000 of their hard-earned money, while 15 presidents own the rest of the club. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 自己的, 拥有 Japanese: 自分自身の, 所有する |
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