[ əun ] adj. 1.〔用在所有格之后以加强语气〕自己的；特有的。 2.珍贵的，心爱的。 3.〔罕用语〕(不与所有格连用)嫡亲的；同胞的。 短语和例子 He is his own man [master] She is her own woman . 他[她]是独立自主的人[自己命运的主人]。 Every man has his own habit. 每个人都有他特有的习惯。 The orange has a scent all its own. 橘子有一种独特的香味。 She is own sister to me. 她是我的同胞姊妹。 pron. 〔起名词作用〕自己的东西[家属、责任、立场(等)]；心爱的人。 May I not do what I will with my own? 我自己的东西难道不能随意处理吗？ May I have it for my (very) own? 我可以拿它当做我自己专有的东西吗？ My own did not believe it. 连我家里的人也不相信。 And his own received him not. 他的家属也不容他。 my own(我的)乖乖〔爱称〕。 come into one's own 取得属于自己的财产[东西]；获得应有的名誉[信用等]。 do it on one's own 照自己的意思[由自己负责]做事。 get (a bit of) one's own back 〔口语〕雪耻，报仇。 hold one's own 坚持自己立场，固守立场，不屈服(The patient is holding his own. 病人还照常支持)。 love (truth) for its own sake 为(真理)而爱(真理)。 of one's own 自己的，自己所有的(She had never had a room of her own. 她从来没有自己的住房)。 on one's own (account) 〔俚语〕独自地；独立地；凭自己力量；主动地；自愿地。 with one's own eye 亲眼(看见)。 vt. 1.有；拥有；持有。 2.承认(是…的作者、父亲、所有人，…的价值、真实等)。 3.顺受；服从。 短语和例子 a hat that nobody will own 一顶无人认领的帽子。 He owns that he has done wrong.＝He owns himself in the wrong.＝He owns his own fault. 他承认他错了。 He owns himself beaten. 他认输了。 vi. 承认，自白。 own to 承认，自白(He owns to the theft. 他承认偷东西了)。 own up 〔口语〕爽爽快快承认；坦白(You'd better own up. 你还是爽爽快快地承认为好。own up to a fault 痛痛快快地承认过失)。
