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  • Derivatives : n  owner ; adj  ownerless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

own [əun]
  1. 1. adjective (emphasizing possession, individual action) 自己的
    I decided I wanted to have my own shop.
    我决定要拥有自己的商店。
    They will be expected to make their own beds.
    他们被要求自己铺床。
  2. 2. pronoun (emphasizing possession, individual action) 自己的
    Did she hire skis or take her own?
    她是租的滑雪板还是拿的自己的？
    There's no career structure, you have to create your own.
    并没有什么职业模式，你得创造出你自己的。
  3. 3. vt. [+house, land, car etc] (possess) 拥有
    Julie's father owned a pub.
    朱莉的父亲拥有一家酒吧。
    a room of my own
    我自己的房间
    to get one's own back (on sb)
    [esp BRIT] [inf] (向某人)报复
  4. 4. vt. 美 = get even (with sb)
    on one's own
    独自地
    She lived on her own.
    她独自一人住。
  5. 5. vt. (without help) 独立地
    We can't solve this problem on our own.
    我们无法独立解决这个问题。
    a place to call one's own
    一个属于自己的地方
    to come into one's own
    进入鼎盛时期
    as if {or} like he owns the place
    [inf] 好像他是这儿的主人似的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

own [on] [əun]
  1. 1. adjective 自己的；特有的[用在所有格后面，加强语气]
    Can I have my own room?
    我可以有自己的房间吗？
    She wants her own apartment.
    她想拥有自己的公寓。
    She cooks her own food.
    她自己做饭吃。
    You will need to earn your own money.
    你得自己挣钱养活自己。
    Is this your own work, or somebody else helped you?
    这是你自己做的，还是别人帮你做的？
  2. 2. adjective [rarely used] 嫡亲的
  3. 3. noun 自己的所有物
    The car is his own.
    这辆汽车是他自己的。
  4. 4. vi. 有；拥有；具有
  5. 5. vi. 承认；认识
  6. 6. vi. 承认

Collins English-English Dictionary

own [əυn]
  1. 1. determiner [preceded by a possessive] (intensifier)
    John's own idea
    your own mother
  2. 2. determiner (as pronoun)
    I'll use my own
  3. 3. determiner on behalf of oneself or in relation to oneself
    he is his own worst enemy
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to have as one's possession
  5. 5. vt. [when intr, often foll by up, to, or up to] to confess or admit; acknowledge
  6. 6. vt. [tr; takes a clause as object] [now rare] to concede
    I own that you are right
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] Old English agen, originally past participle of agan to have; related to Old Saxon egan, Old Norse eiginn. See owe
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Examples

to get one's (own) way, have one's (own) way
自主行事 → way
He betook himself to his own kingdom.
他到自己的王国去了。 → betake
She made herself cheap by her own behavior.
她以自己的举止使她变得卑贱。 → cheap
convicted by his own conscience
自觉有罪，认罪 → convict
its own sweet self
它自身的甜味 → itself
of one's own motion
自动地；自愿地 → motion
his own book
他自己的书
her own idea
她自己的思想
to strain a rule to one's own advantage
为了自己的利益滥用某一规则 → strain
to have or get one's own way
为所欲为；想怎样就怎样；一意孤行 → way
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