own 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。 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。 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)。
They regard it as a slur on their own cooking, of cleaning, or furniture . 他们认为这是诋毁自家的饭菜,或整洁,或家具。
Father and mother worked, and children had too much time to spend on their own . 为此两人都要工作,孩子们自己支配的时间太多。
They are not widely used on their own as they tend to severely affect coating and glue adhesion . 但由于严重地影响涂料和胶料的粘结作用,所以一般不单独使用。
Minority groups called for more emphasis on their own concerns in the classroom, from elementary to graduate school . 少数民族集团要求,从小学到研究生学院的课程上应更多地重视与他们的生活息息相关的事情。
The civil war presumably killed the notion that the states were sovereign bodies, capable of nullifying national action on their own account . 说州政府具有主权,为了自己的利益可以使中央政府的行动无效的理论,可能已给南北战争推翻了。
If the drug industry waits for congressional hearings, and then new laws with tough restrictions, they will wish they'd acted first on their own . 如果医药工业界等着国会举行听证会,然而通过包括严格限制措施在内的新法令,那时候他们就该悔不当初了。
Then he stopped selling plants entirely and began to study the laws of heredity-the ways in which living things pass on their own characteristics to later generations . 他完全停止出售树苗,而转向研究遗传规律--即生物如何把自己的特性遗传给下一代。
How could dogs run an entire planet all on their own 狗怎么能自己管理一个星球
But could also take home recipes to try on their own 者也可带走食谱,回家试做。
It was a group of pioneers working on their own 它靠他们自己是一群先锋工作。