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. 我妻子决定我应该有自己的店铺。

He could no longer trust his own judgement. 他再也不相信自己的判断了。

2. PRON Own is also a pronoun. 自己的[poss PRON]

He saw the major's face a few inches from his own. 他看到少校的脸离他自己的脸只有几英寸。

3. ADJ You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group. 自己独有的[poss ADJ]

Jennifer insisted on her own room. 詹尼弗坚持要自己专用的房间。

Each nation has its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business. 说到做生意，每个民族都有它自己独有的一些特性。

4. PRON Own is also a pronoun. 自己独有的[poss PRON]

This young lady has a sense of style that is very much her own. 这位年轻女士具有一种她自己独有的时尚观。

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. 他们喜欢做他们自己的决定。

6. PRON Own is also a pronoun. 自己的[poss PRON]

There's no career structure; you have to create your own. 没有什么职业架构，你必须创造你自己的。

7. V-T If you own something, it is your property. 拥有

His father owns a local video shop

他父亲拥有一家当地的音像店。

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. 专属于自己的

I would like a place I could call my own. 我想要一个只属于我自己的地方。

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. 得心应手

Many women have come into their own as teachers, healers, and leaders. 许多女性成为很成功的教师、医师和领导者。

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. 报复[英国英语] [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. 属于自己的

He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own. 他开始着手想办法创办属于自己的一家公司。

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. 海鸥的鸣叫声赋予海港的这边一种特有的迷人特质。

13. PHRASE When you are on your own, you are alone. 独自地

He lives on his own. 他独自居住。

I felt pretty lonely last year being on my own. 我去年独自生活时感到特别孤独。

14. PHRASE If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people. 独立地

I work best on my own. 我独立工作最出色。

15. to hold your own→see hold