Definition of own in English:

own

pronoun & adjective əʊnoʊn

1Used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned.
用在物主代词后以加强语气自己的；属于自己的东西（或人）
as adjective they can't handle their own children
他们连自己的孩子都管不了。
I was an outcast among my own kind
我在我自己的同类中遭到排斥。
as pronoun the Church would look after its own
教会会照看好自己。
Example sentencesExamples
- Impossible as it is to believe, these are rappers who never mention their own names.
- Both her children work long hours and have little time to spare for their own home lives.
- Teenage louts always belong to someone else; your own are just boys being boys.
- For my own leisure reading, I found that fiction gradually lost its hold on me.
- The idea that it's better to be free to call your own shots, right or wrong, cannot be bad.
- It is not, alas, possible to convince oneself that the kitten got there entirely of its own free will.
- Making some sort of imposition on the players' own free time would also be a more appropriate form of redress.
- But as you return to your own normality, spare a thought for those who cannot walk away.
- If you cannot have it by its own total free will and volition, it will never be yours.
- The other five of the same colour is not a trump - it belongs to its own suit.
- Reducing barriers to trade and opening up our own economy to the free market would be a start.
- The best way to see its many attractions is to rent a car and drive from place to place at your own leisure.
- Staff will be free to choose their own funds, but will otherwise be automatically opted in to a default fund.
- Shouldn't businesses be providing their own opportunities in a free market?
- Feel free to add your own sins, or just pile in and tell me what an awful person I am.
- We'd be interested to see whether our readers' views concur with our own so feel free to make use of the comment boxes.
- He prefers to travel under his own steam, free of deadlines and the constriction of a commission.
- Plese feel free to add your own thoughts and questions, or just ignore my ramblings and move on.
- I recognise people may have different points of view and are free to have their own opinion.
- Given political independence, Scottish Tories would be free to set their own radical agenda.
1. 1.1 Done or produced by and for the person mentioned.
  自己做的；自己生产的
  as adjective I used to design all my own clothes
  以前我穿的衣服全是自己设计的。
  as pronoun they claimed the work as their own
  他们声称该作品是他们自己的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She creates her own prints, giving her clothes a distinctive signature look.
  Without these berries, there is more of a need to do your own cooking and eat lots of food.
  Instead we consciously fashion our own adaptations, from clothes to cars to weapons.
  She made her own clothes and always put her hair up in funky new ways.
  She has blasted celebrities who bring out their own clothes ranges.
  As a bachelor who still mends his own clothes he was able to do a lot of embroidery on his square.
  You will also end up cooking all your own meals, because the food is disgusting.
  Once you've got all your cooking exams it's about experimenting and putting your own mark on a dish.
  To say there will be pots and pans for people to do their own cooking is just ludicrous.
  I once did a florist course at night school and I like to make my own clothes and do interior design.
  So I'm going to have a crack at growing my own from scratch.
  As a child, Ismat was inspired by her mother, who used to make her own clothes.
2. 1.2 Particular to the person or thing mentioned; individual.
  具有自己特点的；有个性的
  as adjective the style had its own charm
  该风格有其独特的魅力。
  as pronoun the film had a quality all its own
  该电影有它独特的品质。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In our own small ways we all made our own individual calls on the decision.
  There are many ways in which liberals respect individuals' claims over their own talents.
  We bore in mind their own individual requirements but didn't do special favours for any of them.
  All the pubs on our route have their own individual atmosphere and characters.
  In schools what matters most is not how a child learns to develop his or her own individual abilities.
  A stand that Alicia takes not just with her music, but also with her own individual style.
  These were both aspects of her rich personality and the need to express herself in her own individual way.
  People cope with grief in their own individual way but it does help to talk about it.
  He has spent a lifetime trying, in his own individual way, to address some of the ills of our society.
  On walking down busy Nevskii, for example, the individual's own right of way is all that matters.
  Everyone thinks of themselves as an individual with their own individual thoughts and feelings.
  Each cereal has its own needs, an individual moment of nurturing before the spoon starts scooping.
  The machine is programmed to each individual's own unique hand characteristics.
  Ulverston is South Lakeland's second largest town and oozes its own character and charm.
  You see, every person has their own individual tolerance to stock market volatility.
  I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping.
  Each of these sites has its own particularly charming stance on what I've said.
  This in turn fostered a new tolerance for women as individuals with their own destinies outside the home.
  You should be aware of the deeper meaning of life and be practising it to your own individual perception.
  You will soon realise each of these humorous birds has its own individual personality.
  Synonyms
  personal, individual, particular, private, personalized, idiosyncratic, characteristic, unique
  rare especial

verb əʊnoʊn

1with object Have (something) as one's own; possess.
拥有；有
his father owns a restaurant
他的父亲有一家饭馆。
a state-owned company
国有公司。
Example sentencesExamples
- Some would claim that he was born at Dougharne Hill where his father also owned another house.
- He was installed in a pharmacy owned by his father on nearby Observatory Street.
- She dropped them and looked about the room, trying to picture it as it had once been when her father's friend had owned it.
- Her father, who owns a bank, is reputed to be the wealthiest man in Spain.
- You never nurse the slightest notion of ever owning those clothes.
- It was here that he met his first wife Ann whose father owned a coalmine in West Virginia -.
- His hobby doesn't come cheap but, helpfully, his father owns a polo yard in Sussex.
- My family haven't ever owned land and there isn't a farm anywhere which one day I'll inherit.
- They also have no problem with living with massive student debt as they start out their adult life, and they have no illusions about ever owning their own home.
- My father owns a packaging company, and is also a sales representative for his company.
- My father owned Cook's demolition yard just down from here and my eldest son was born there.
- Ever fancied owning a stretch of a famous salmon river, but found yourself about a million quid short of the asking price?
- His parents live in Kolkata; his father owns a portrait photo studio and his mother is a floral stylist.
- Having no means of his own, he has given up all hope of ever owning a nice home.
- He might have been working with gold, but his father certainly owned no golden goose.
- None of my family or friends have ever owned big businesses or been corporate consultants.
- Her grandparents ran the old Savernake Forest Hotel and her father owned nightclubs.
- He said his father owned a light aircraft, which he was allowed to use.
- And just that morning, we had buried a childless woman who had lived 86 years without ever owning a car.
- I know that deep down it wouldn't feel right in my heart, but it might just be the closest I ever get to owning a pair.
Synonyms
be the owner of, possess, be the (proud) possessor of, have in one's possession, have to one's name, count among one's possessions, have, keep, retain, maintain, hold, be blessed with, enjoy, boast
2formal no object Admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way.
〈正式〉承认
she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy
她承认感到非常嫉妒。
with clause he was reluctant to own that he was indebted
他不愿意承认欠了债。
Example sentencesExamples
- A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,
- Hume was quite well aware that Berkeley would not have owned to being a sceptic.
Synonyms
admit, allow, concede, grant, accept, accede, acknowledge, recognize, agree, confess
1. 2.1with object Take or acknowledge full responsibility for (something)
  为（某事）承担全责；承认为（某事）负全责
  I emphasize the importance of owning our anger and finding ways to control it
  我强调对我们的愤怒负起责任并找到控制它的办法是重要的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Own your anger by expressing it with "I" statements: "I really get mad when you leave dirty dishes in the sink."
  Just because you're scared of something now doesn't mean you won't own your fear in days to come.
2. 2.2archaic with object Acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of.
  〈古〉承认是…的父母（或作者、主人）
  he has published little, trivial things which he will not own
  他出版了一些连他自己也不会承认是作者的微不足道的东西。
3US informal with object Utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of.
yeah right, she totally owned you, man
是的，她彻底羞辱了你，老兄。
Example sentencesExamples
- I owned you guys. Admit it please.
- So now I owned you so much to the point that you rely on using quotes from movies as comebacks instead of creating your own?

Phrases

as if (or like) one owns the place

informal In an overbearing or self-important manner.
〈非正式〉俨然那地方是他的（表示态度专横和妄自尊大）
he would have walked in and taken charge as if he owned the place
Example sentencesExamples
- She walks around my apartment as if she owns the place and tells me what I can and can't do and the way it's going to be.
- If he walks up like he owns the place, he's probably going to treat women like property.

be one's own man (or woman)

1Act independently and with confidence.
独立自信地做
I must show them that I am my own man, not merely my father's shadow
behind everything she did was a raw power that emphasized she was her own woman
Example sentencesExamples
- In his early 60s, Luke was his own man and paid scant attention or heed to the conventions of modern day life.
- Gregory accepts the volatile nature of the industry but intends to be his own man and is confident of making a success of the job.
- I am in love with her because she is her own woman, lives alone, loves it and wouldn't have it any other way.
- Now Russell, 48, is his own man and is beginning to exude a confidence and gentle humour that wasn't always to the fore when he was finance director.
- No longer constrained by the pressure of his work as a practising architect, he was his own man.
- And he was his own man, unaffected by spin-doctors.
- From the very beginning she made it clear that she was her own woman - election badges during her husband's 1992 campaign read ‘two for the price of one’.
- For the first time in a long while he found himself able to walk to the docks with his head held high, confident in the knowledge that he was his own man once more.
- They taught me self-respect and they showed me how to be my own woman - never to lie, never to lose my sense of humour and always to treasure my friends.
- He looks tired but there is a sort of weary exhilaration about him: he may be floury and exhausted but he is his own man, producing food he believes in.
2Be in full possession of one's faculties.
〈古〉镇定自若

come into its (or one's) own

Become fully effective, used, or recognized.
充分发挥作用，被充分使用；被充分认可
the two folk languages will at last come into their own
这两种部落语言最终将被广泛使用。
Example sentencesExamples
- It also shows a band coming into their own in the studio.
- He more fully came into his own in the '60s as the work of younger artists created a new climate for radical abstraction.
- It's about a girl coming into her own and becoming a woman.
- Twentysomethings were defining their buying habits, coming into their own politically and were underserved creatively on television.
- He is coming into his own now after being with the club for the last three or four years.
- This is a confident songwriter coming into her own.
- The last few years of his life he was coming into his own as an artist, creating some amazing art pieces and gallery shows.
- On the other hand, their carnival costumes offered increasing evidence that St Lucia's designers are finally coming into their own.
- Remember when VCRs were just coming into their own?
- Flora fully came into her own after she was invited to join the Red Cross as a nurse and travel to Serbia in the First World War.

hold one's own

Retain a position of strength in a challenging situation.
坚守住；不退让
Britain has begun to hold its own in world markets
Example sentencesExamples
- And I always like the challenge of trying to hold my own with a fellow competitor.
- Since he took up the sport he has always had to fight older children, but has managed to hold his own.
- Singing with her mother, Reshma's daughter also managed to hold her own by singing solo too.
- Troy had about forty pounds of almost pure muscle on her but despite his advantage of experience and strength Kari was holding her own.
- If you become skilled, you'll hold your own in almost any situation.
- Smith has good upper-body strength and held his own against some of the tougher tackles in the division.
- He hangs in against tough lefthanders, so he can hold his own in late-inning situations against specialists.
- There is also the bonus that Scottish players are again beginning to hold their own in terms of quality.
- Having said that there are five strong personalities in the contest and I am confident that with good vote management we can still hold our own.
- For one so young, she manages to hold her own against the old pro with an alluring combination of confidence and vulnerability.
Synonyms
stand firm, stand one's ground, keep one's position, maintain one's position, keep one's end up, keep one's head above water, compete, survive, manage, cope, get through, get on, get along, get by

of one's own

Belonging to oneself alone.
属于自己的
at last I've got a place of my own
我终于有了自己的住所了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The result is an unashamed escape - guaranteed to lead you into dreams of your own.
- You need to build up a life of your own for whatever the future may hold.
- Piccadilly pays its way and has given all these young people an independent life of their own.
- The harder but surer way is to make a success of a business of your own and then sell it on to someone willing to pay millions.
- Why not go into the garden today and see where you could introduce some eye-catchers of your own?
- A house of your own and a booty of gold are up for grabs in a new television game show.
- If you feel you are being bled dry by monthly rent then buying a home of your own may be the solution.
- I think it's a good idea to have a platform of your own on which you can do what you want.
- Even if you do not need to share it with others, you are justified in having one of your own.
- There is even a tattoo parlour out back just in case you get inspired and want a bit of flesh art of your own.

on one's own

Unaccompanied by others; alone or unaided.
独自地；独立地；不依靠别人帮助地
she's not here now and I have to do things on my own
these are exercises one can do on one's own
Example sentencesExamples
- If you really want to make a change, start something on your own, show how it should be done.
- It was considered quite safe to travel on your own and come back alone even late at night.
- But it's hard doing stuff on your own all the time and I just want Abby to be responsible.
- Because, after all, our marriages and partnerships are far too important to manage on our own.
- The former nurse is believed to have been single and to have lived on her own.
- As it is, the best advice is to dress in warm waterproofs, keep your eyes well peeled and see if you can handle it on your own.
- It's easy to think that we're on our own and thus should go it alone and do the best we can.
- This Canadian joker couldn't tie his shoelaces on his own, let alone win a major title.
- Now is the time to stop claiming we can recover on our own and seek professional advice and support from an external partner.
- Rome is a city for lovers, not for single 36 year men with beards who are on their own.
Synonyms
alone, all alone, by oneself, all by oneself, in a solitary state, single, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless, partnerless, unattended, unescorted, unchaperoned, solo
unaided, unassisted, without help, without assistance, by oneself, all by oneself, alone, all alone, by one's own efforts, under one's own steam, independently, single-handed, single-handedly, standing on one's own two feet, off one's own bat, on one's own initiative

Phrasal Verbs

own up

Admit to having done something wrong or embarrassing.
坦白，承认；供认
he owns up to few mistakes
他不承认有什么错误。
Example sentencesExamples
- Both, understandably, want to talk about where they go from here, but they have to own up to what went wrong.
- If she owns up to her mistreatment, seems genuinely sorry and makes amends, you should have no problem setting the friendship back on track.
- He figured out what was wrong and owned up to his mistake.
- Virtually everything these people said was wrong, but none of them has owned up to it.
- No government owns up to state-facilitated assassinations
- That was to his credit, as many people did the opposite and people should be encouraged to own up for their wrong doings.
- I was slightly disappointed at owning up, sometimes lying promises more fun.
- Men who learn of their affliction are sometimes embarrassed to own up to it.
- No one owns up to the fact of doing something wrong.
- We men have almost as much trouble owning up to our emotions as we do admitting to fear.
Synonyms
confess, confess to, admit to, admit guilt, plead guilty, accept blame, accept responsibility, acknowledge, acknowledge that, tell the truth, tell the truth about, make a clean breast of it, tell all

Origin

Old English āgen (adjective and pronoun) 'owned, possessed', past participle of āgan 'owe'; the verb (Old English āgnian 'possess', also 'make own's own') was originally from the adjective, later probably reintroduced from owner.

Rhymes

alone, atone, Beaune, bemoan, blown, bone, Capone, clone, Cohn, Cologne, condone, cone, co-own, crone, drone, enthrone, flown, foreknown, foreshown, groan, grown, half-tone, home-grown, hone, Joan, known, leone, loan, lone, mephedrone, moan, Mon, mown, ochone, outflown, outgrown, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, rone, sewn, shown, Simone, Sloane, Soane, sone, sown, stone, strown, throne, thrown, tone, trombone, Tyrone, unbeknown, undersown, windblown, zone

Definition of own in US English:

own

pronoun & adjectiveoʊnōn

1Used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned.
用在物主代词后以加强语气自己的；属于自己的东西（或人）
as adjective they can't handle their own children
他们连自己的孩子都管不了。
I was an outcast among my own kind
我在我自己的同类中遭到排斥。
as pronoun the Church would look after its own
教会会照看好自己。
Example sentencesExamples
- The idea that it's better to be free to call your own shots, right or wrong, cannot be bad.
- Impossible as it is to believe, these are rappers who never mention their own names.
- Both her children work long hours and have little time to spare for their own home lives.
- Reducing barriers to trade and opening up our own economy to the free market would be a start.
- I recognise people may have different points of view and are free to have their own opinion.
- If you cannot have it by its own total free will and volition, it will never be yours.
- For my own leisure reading, I found that fiction gradually lost its hold on me.
- Teenage louts always belong to someone else; your own are just boys being boys.
- The other five of the same colour is not a trump - it belongs to its own suit.
- Making some sort of imposition on the players' own free time would also be a more appropriate form of redress.
- Shouldn't businesses be providing their own opportunities in a free market?
- But as you return to your own normality, spare a thought for those who cannot walk away.
- It is not, alas, possible to convince oneself that the kitten got there entirely of its own free will.
- The best way to see its many attractions is to rent a car and drive from place to place at your own leisure.
- Staff will be free to choose their own funds, but will otherwise be automatically opted in to a default fund.
- He prefers to travel under his own steam, free of deadlines and the constriction of a commission.
- We'd be interested to see whether our readers' views concur with our own so feel free to make use of the comment boxes.
- Plese feel free to add your own thoughts and questions, or just ignore my ramblings and move on.
- Feel free to add your own sins, or just pile in and tell me what an awful person I am.
- Given political independence, Scottish Tories would be free to set their own radical agenda.
1. 1.1 Done or produced by and for the person specified.
  自己做的；自己生产的
  as adjective I used to design all my own clothes
  以前我穿的衣服全是自己设计的。
  as pronoun they claimed the work as their own
  他们声称该作品是他们自己的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  So I'm going to have a crack at growing my own from scratch.
  Once you've got all your cooking exams it's about experimenting and putting your own mark on a dish.
  She creates her own prints, giving her clothes a distinctive signature look.
  As a child, Ismat was inspired by her mother, who used to make her own clothes.
  She made her own clothes and always put her hair up in funky new ways.
  Instead we consciously fashion our own adaptations, from clothes to cars to weapons.
  To say there will be pots and pans for people to do their own cooking is just ludicrous.
  She has blasted celebrities who bring out their own clothes ranges.
  You will also end up cooking all your own meals, because the food is disgusting.
  As a bachelor who still mends his own clothes he was able to do a lot of embroidery on his square.
  I once did a florist course at night school and I like to make my own clothes and do interior design.
  Without these berries, there is more of a need to do your own cooking and eat lots of food.
2. 1.2 Particular to the person or thing mentioned; individual.
  具有自己特点的；有个性的
  as adjective the style had its own charm
  该风格有其独特的魅力。
  as pronoun the film had a quality all its own
  该电影有它独特的品质。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping.
  You will soon realise each of these humorous birds has its own individual personality.
  You see, every person has their own individual tolerance to stock market volatility.
  All the pubs on our route have their own individual atmosphere and characters.
  He has spent a lifetime trying, in his own individual way, to address some of the ills of our society.
  Ulverston is South Lakeland's second largest town and oozes its own character and charm.
  These were both aspects of her rich personality and the need to express herself in her own individual way.
  Each cereal has its own needs, an individual moment of nurturing before the spoon starts scooping.
  In our own small ways we all made our own individual calls on the decision.
  We bore in mind their own individual requirements but didn't do special favours for any of them.
  This in turn fostered a new tolerance for women as individuals with their own destinies outside the home.
  There are many ways in which liberals respect individuals' claims over their own talents.
  A stand that Alicia takes not just with her music, but also with her own individual style.
  In schools what matters most is not how a child learns to develop his or her own individual abilities.
  You should be aware of the deeper meaning of life and be practising it to your own individual perception.
  The machine is programmed to each individual's own unique hand characteristics.
  People cope with grief in their own individual way but it does help to talk about it.
  On walking down busy Nevskii, for example, the individual's own right of way is all that matters.
  Each of these sites has its own particularly charming stance on what I've said.
  Everyone thinks of themselves as an individual with their own individual thoughts and feelings.
  Synonyms
  personal, individual, particular, private, personalized, idiosyncratic, characteristic, unique

verboʊnōn

1with object Have (something) as one's own; possess.
拥有；有
his father owns a restaurant
他的父亲有一家饭馆。
as adjective, in combination state-owned property
Example sentencesExamples
- His parents live in Kolkata; his father owns a portrait photo studio and his mother is a floral stylist.
- Her father, who owns a bank, is reputed to be the wealthiest man in Spain.
- Having no means of his own, he has given up all hope of ever owning a nice home.
- Some would claim that he was born at Dougharne Hill where his father also owned another house.
- Ever fancied owning a stretch of a famous salmon river, but found yourself about a million quid short of the asking price?
- He was installed in a pharmacy owned by his father on nearby Observatory Street.
- You never nurse the slightest notion of ever owning those clothes.
- They also have no problem with living with massive student debt as they start out their adult life, and they have no illusions about ever owning their own home.
- His hobby doesn't come cheap but, helpfully, his father owns a polo yard in Sussex.
- And just that morning, we had buried a childless woman who had lived 86 years without ever owning a car.
- Her grandparents ran the old Savernake Forest Hotel and her father owned nightclubs.
- He might have been working with gold, but his father certainly owned no golden goose.
- He said his father owned a light aircraft, which he was allowed to use.
- My family haven't ever owned land and there isn't a farm anywhere which one day I'll inherit.
- My father owned Cook's demolition yard just down from here and my eldest son was born there.
- She dropped them and looked about the room, trying to picture it as it had once been when her father's friend had owned it.
- None of my family or friends have ever owned big businesses or been corporate consultants.
- It was here that he met his first wife Ann whose father owned a coalmine in West Virginia -.
- My father owns a packaging company, and is also a sales representative for his company.
- I know that deep down it wouldn't feel right in my heart, but it might just be the closest I ever get to owning a pair.
Synonyms
be the owner of, possess, be the possessor of, be the proud possessor of, have in one's possession, have to one's name, count among one's possessions, have, keep, retain, maintain, hold, be blessed with, enjoy, boast
2formal no object Admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way.
〈正式〉承认
she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy
她承认感到非常嫉妒。
with clause he was reluctant to own that he was indebted
他不愿意承认欠了债。
Example sentencesExamples
- Hume was quite well aware that Berkeley would not have owned to being a sceptic.
- A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,
Synonyms
admit, allow, concede, grant, accept, accede, acknowledge, recognize, agree, confess
1. 2.1with object Take or acknowledge full responsibility for (something)
  为（某事）承担全责；承认为（某事）负全责
  I emphasize the importance of owning our anger and finding ways to control it
  我强调对我们的愤怒负起责任并找到控制它的办法是重要的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Own your anger by expressing it with "I" statements: "I really get mad when you leave dirty dishes in the sink."
  Just because you're scared of something now doesn't mean you won't own your fear in days to come.
2. 2.2archaic with object Acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of.
  〈古〉承认是…的父母（或作者、主人）
  he has published little, trivial things which he will not own
  他出版了一些连他自己也不会承认是作者的微不足道的东西。
3US informal with object Utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of.
yeah right, she totally owned you, man
是的，她彻底羞辱了你，老兄。
Example sentencesExamples
- I owned you guys. Admit it please.
- So now I owned you so much to the point that you rely on using quotes from movies as comebacks instead of creating your own?

Phrases

as if (or like) one owns the place

informal In an overbearing or self-important manner.
〈非正式〉俨然那地方是他的（表示态度专横和妄自尊大）
he would have walked in and taken charge as if he owned the place
Example sentencesExamples
- If he walks up like he owns the place, he's probably going to treat women like property.
- She walks around my apartment as if she owns the place and tells me what I can and can't do and the way it's going to be.

be one's own man (or woman)

1Act independently and with confidence.
独立自信地做
Example sentencesExamples
- They taught me self-respect and they showed me how to be my own woman - never to lie, never to lose my sense of humour and always to treasure my friends.
- And he was his own man, unaffected by spin-doctors.
- From the very beginning she made it clear that she was her own woman - election badges during her husband's 1992 campaign read ‘two for the price of one’.
- Gregory accepts the volatile nature of the industry but intends to be his own man and is confident of making a success of the job.
- In his early 60s, Luke was his own man and paid scant attention or heed to the conventions of modern day life.
- Now Russell, 48, is his own man and is beginning to exude a confidence and gentle humour that wasn't always to the fore when he was finance director.
- He looks tired but there is a sort of weary exhilaration about him: he may be floury and exhausted but he is his own man, producing food he believes in.
- For the first time in a long while he found himself able to walk to the docks with his head held high, confident in the knowledge that he was his own man once more.
- I am in love with her because she is her own woman, lives alone, loves it and wouldn't have it any other way.
- No longer constrained by the pressure of his work as a practising architect, he was his own man.
1. 1.1archaic Be in full possession of one's faculties.
  〈古〉镇定自若

come into its (or one's) own

Become fully effective, used, or recognized.
充分发挥作用，被充分使用；被充分认可
Mexico will come into its own as a vacation spot
Example sentencesExamples
- He is coming into his own now after being with the club for the last three or four years.
- It also shows a band coming into their own in the studio.
- Flora fully came into her own after she was invited to join the Red Cross as a nurse and travel to Serbia in the First World War.
- It's about a girl coming into her own and becoming a woman.
- This is a confident songwriter coming into her own.
- The last few years of his life he was coming into his own as an artist, creating some amazing art pieces and gallery shows.
- He more fully came into his own in the '60s as the work of younger artists created a new climate for radical abstraction.
- On the other hand, their carnival costumes offered increasing evidence that St Lucia's designers are finally coming into their own.
- Twentysomethings were defining their buying habits, coming into their own politically and were underserved creatively on television.
- Remember when VCRs were just coming into their own?

hold one's own

Retain a position of strength in a challenging situation.
坚守住；不退让
I can hold my own in a fight
Example sentencesExamples
- And I always like the challenge of trying to hold my own with a fellow competitor.
- Singing with her mother, Reshma's daughter also managed to hold her own by singing solo too.
- If you become skilled, you'll hold your own in almost any situation.
- For one so young, she manages to hold her own against the old pro with an alluring combination of confidence and vulnerability.
- Troy had about forty pounds of almost pure muscle on her but despite his advantage of experience and strength Kari was holding her own.
- Smith has good upper-body strength and held his own against some of the tougher tackles in the division.
- Having said that there are five strong personalities in the contest and I am confident that with good vote management we can still hold our own.
- He hangs in against tough lefthanders, so he can hold his own in late-inning situations against specialists.
- There is also the bonus that Scottish players are again beginning to hold their own in terms of quality.
- Since he took up the sport he has always had to fight older children, but has managed to hold his own.
Synonyms
stand firm, stand one's ground, keep one's position, maintain one's position, keep one's end up, keep one's head above water, compete, survive, manage, cope, get through, get on, get along, get by

of one's own

Belonging to oneself alone.
属于自己的
at last I've got a place of my own
我终于有了自己的住所了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The harder but surer way is to make a success of a business of your own and then sell it on to someone willing to pay millions.
- Why not go into the garden today and see where you could introduce some eye-catchers of your own?
- A house of your own and a booty of gold are up for grabs in a new television game show.
- The result is an unashamed escape - guaranteed to lead you into dreams of your own.
- I think it's a good idea to have a platform of your own on which you can do what you want.
- There is even a tattoo parlour out back just in case you get inspired and want a bit of flesh art of your own.
- Piccadilly pays its way and has given all these young people an independent life of their own.
- You need to build up a life of your own for whatever the future may hold.
- If you feel you are being bled dry by monthly rent then buying a home of your own may be the solution.
- Even if you do not need to share it with others, you are justified in having one of your own.

on one's own

Unaccompanied by others; alone or unaided.
独自地；独立地；不依靠别人帮助地
I have to do things on my own
Example sentencesExamples
- But it's hard doing stuff on your own all the time and I just want Abby to be responsible.
- This Canadian joker couldn't tie his shoelaces on his own, let alone win a major title.
- Rome is a city for lovers, not for single 36 year men with beards who are on their own.
- Now is the time to stop claiming we can recover on our own and seek professional advice and support from an external partner.
- If you really want to make a change, start something on your own, show how it should be done.
- Because, after all, our marriages and partnerships are far too important to manage on our own.
- The former nurse is believed to have been single and to have lived on her own.
- It's easy to think that we're on our own and thus should go it alone and do the best we can.
- As it is, the best advice is to dress in warm waterproofs, keep your eyes well peeled and see if you can handle it on your own.
- It was considered quite safe to travel on your own and come back alone even late at night.
Synonyms
alone, all alone, by oneself, all by oneself, in a solitary state, single, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless, partnerless, unattended, unescorted, unchaperoned, solo
unaided, unassisted, without help, without assistance, by oneself, all by oneself, alone, all alone, by one's own efforts, under one's own steam, independently, single-handed, single-handedly, standing on one's own two feet, off one's own bat, on one's own initiative

Phrasal Verbs

own up

Admit or confess to having done something wrong or embarrassing.
坦白，承认；供认
he owns up to few mistakes
他不承认有什么错误。
Example sentencesExamples
- Virtually everything these people said was wrong, but none of them has owned up to it.
- I was slightly disappointed at owning up, sometimes lying promises more fun.
- No one owns up to the fact of doing something wrong.
- He figured out what was wrong and owned up to his mistake.
- We men have almost as much trouble owning up to our emotions as we do admitting to fear.
- Both, understandably, want to talk about where they go from here, but they have to own up to what went wrong.
- No government owns up to state-facilitated assassinations
- If she owns up to her mistreatment, seems genuinely sorry and makes amends, you should have no problem setting the friendship back on track.
- Men who learn of their affliction are sometimes embarrassed to own up to it.
- That was to his credit, as many people did the opposite and people should be encouraged to own up for their wrong doings.
Synonyms
confess, confess to, admit to, admit guilt, plead guilty, accept blame, accept responsibility, acknowledge, acknowledge that, tell the truth, tell the truth about, make a clean breast of it, tell all

Origin

Old English āgen (adjective and pronoun) ‘owned, possessed’, past participle of āgan ‘owe’; the verb ( Old English āgnian ‘possess’, also ‘make own's own’) was originally from the adjective, later probably reintroduced from owner.

单词	own
释义	Definition of own in English: own pronoun & adjective əʊnoʊn 1Used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned. 用在物主代词后以加强语气自己的；属于自己的东西（或人） as adjective they can't handle their own children 他们连自己的孩子都管不了。 I was an outcast among my own kind 我在我自己的同类中遭到排斥。 as pronoun the Church would look after its own 教会会照看好自己。 Example sentencesExamples Impossible as it is to believe, these are rappers who never mention their own names. Both her children work long hours and have little time to spare for their own home lives. Teenage louts always belong to someone else; your own are just boys being boys. For my own leisure reading, I found that fiction gradually lost its hold on me. The idea that it's better to be free to call your own shots, right or wrong, cannot be bad. It is not, alas, possible to convince oneself that the kitten got there entirely of its own free will. Making some sort of imposition on the players' own free time would also be a more appropriate form of redress. But as you return to your own normality, spare a thought for those who cannot walk away. If you cannot have it by its own total free will and volition, it will never be yours. The other five of the same colour is not a trump - it belongs to its own suit. Reducing barriers to trade and opening up our own economy to the free market would be a start. The best way to see its many attractions is to rent a car and drive from place to place at your own leisure. Staff will be free to choose their own funds, but will otherwise be automatically opted in to a default fund. Shouldn't businesses be providing their own opportunities in a free market? Feel free to add your own sins, or just pile in and tell me what an awful person I am. We'd be interested to see whether our readers' views concur with our own so feel free to make use of the comment boxes. He prefers to travel under his own steam, free of deadlines and the constriction of a commission. Plese feel free to add your own thoughts and questions, or just ignore my ramblings and move on. I recognise people may have different points of view and are free to have their own opinion. Given political independence, Scottish Tories would be free to set their own radical agenda. 1.1 Done or produced by and for the person mentioned. 自己做的；自己生产的 as adjective I used to design all my own clothes 以前我穿的衣服全是自己设计的。 as pronoun they claimed the work as their own 他们声称该作品是他们自己的。 Example sentencesExamples She creates her own prints, giving her clothes a distinctive signature look. Without these berries, there is more of a need to do your own cooking and eat lots of food. Instead we consciously fashion our own adaptations, from clothes to cars to weapons. She made her own clothes and always put her hair up in funky new ways. She has blasted celebrities who bring out their own clothes ranges. As a bachelor who still mends his own clothes he was able to do a lot of embroidery on his square. You will also end up cooking all your own meals, because the food is disgusting. Once you've got all your cooking exams it's about experimenting and putting your own mark on a dish. To say there will be pots and pans for people to do their own cooking is just ludicrous. I once did a florist course at night school and I like to make my own clothes and do interior design. So I'm going to have a crack at growing my own from scratch. As a child, Ismat was inspired by her mother, who used to make her own clothes. 1.2 Particular to the person or thing mentioned; individual. 具有自己特点的；有个性的 as adjective the style had its own charm 该风格有其独特的魅力。 as pronoun the film had a quality all its own 该电影有它独特的品质。 Example sentencesExamples In our own small ways we all made our own individual calls on the decision. There are many ways in which liberals respect individuals' claims over their own talents. We bore in mind their own individual requirements but didn't do special favours for any of them. All the pubs on our route have their own individual atmosphere and characters. In schools what matters most is not how a child learns to develop his or her own individual abilities. A stand that Alicia takes not just with her music, but also with her own individual style. These were both aspects of her rich personality and the need to express herself in her own individual way. People cope with grief in their own individual way but it does help to talk about it. He has spent a lifetime trying, in his own individual way, to address some of the ills of our society. On walking down busy Nevskii, for example, the individual's own right of way is all that matters. Everyone thinks of themselves as an individual with their own individual thoughts and feelings. Each cereal has its own needs, an individual moment of nurturing before the spoon starts scooping. The machine is programmed to each individual's own unique hand characteristics. Ulverston is South Lakeland's second largest town and oozes its own character and charm. You see, every person has their own individual tolerance to stock market volatility. I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping. Each of these sites has its own particularly charming stance on what I've said. This in turn fostered a new tolerance for women as individuals with their own destinies outside the home. You should be aware of the deeper meaning of life and be practising it to your own individual perception. You will soon realise each of these humorous birds has its own individual personality. Synonyms personal, individual, particular, private, personalized, idiosyncratic, characteristic, unique rare especial verb əʊnoʊn 1with object Have (something) as one's own; possess. 拥有；有 his father owns a restaurant 他的父亲有一家饭馆。 a state-owned company 国有公司。 Example sentencesExamples Some would claim that he was born at Dougharne Hill where his father also owned another house. He was installed in a pharmacy owned by his father on nearby Observatory Street. She dropped them and looked about the room, trying to picture it as it had once been when her father's friend had owned it. Her father, who owns a bank, is reputed to be the wealthiest man in Spain. You never nurse the slightest notion of ever owning those clothes. It was here that he met his first wife Ann whose father owned a coalmine in West Virginia -. His hobby doesn't come cheap but, helpfully, his father owns a polo yard in Sussex. My family haven't ever owned land and there isn't a farm anywhere which one day I'll inherit. They also have no problem with living with massive student debt as they start out their adult life, and they have no illusions about ever owning their own home. My father owns a packaging company, and is also a sales representative for his company. My father owned Cook's demolition yard just down from here and my eldest son was born there. Ever fancied owning a stretch of a famous salmon river, but found yourself about a million quid short of the asking price? His parents live in Kolkata; his father owns a portrait photo studio and his mother is a floral stylist. Having no means of his own, he has given up all hope of ever owning a nice home. He might have been working with gold, but his father certainly owned no golden goose. None of my family or friends have ever owned big businesses or been corporate consultants. Her grandparents ran the old Savernake Forest Hotel and her father owned nightclubs. He said his father owned a light aircraft, which he was allowed to use. And just that morning, we had buried a childless woman who had lived 86 years without ever owning a car. I know that deep down it wouldn't feel right in my heart, but it might just be the closest I ever get to owning a pair. Synonyms be the owner of, possess, be the (proud) possessor of, have in one's possession, have to one's name, count among one's possessions, have, keep, retain, maintain, hold, be blessed with, enjoy, boast 2formal no object Admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way. 〈正式〉承认 she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy 她承认感到非常嫉妒。 with clause he was reluctant to own that he was indebted 他不愿意承认欠了债。 Example sentencesExamples A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, Hume was quite well aware that Berkeley would not have owned to being a sceptic. Synonyms admit, allow, concede, grant, accept, accede, acknowledge, recognize, agree, confess 2.1with object Take or acknowledge full responsibility for (something) 为（某事）承担全责；承认为（某事）负全责 I emphasize the importance of owning our anger and finding ways to control it 我强调对我们的愤怒负起责任并找到控制它的办法是重要的。 Example sentencesExamples Own your anger by expressing it with "I" statements: "I really get mad when you leave dirty dishes in the sink." Just because you're scared of something now doesn't mean you won't own your fear in days to come. 2.2archaic with object Acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of. 〈古〉承认是…的父母（或作者、主人） he has published little, trivial things which he will not own 他出版了一些连他自己也不会承认是作者的微不足道的东西。 3US informal with object Utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of. yeah right, she totally owned you, man 是的，她彻底羞辱了你，老兄。 Example sentencesExamples I owned you guys. Admit it please. So now I owned you so much to the point that you rely on using quotes from movies as comebacks instead of creating your own? Phrases as if (or like) one owns the place informal In an overbearing or self-important manner. 〈非正式〉俨然那地方是他的（表示态度专横和妄自尊大） he would have walked in and taken charge as if he owned the place Example sentencesExamples She walks around my apartment as if she owns the place and tells me what I can and can't do and the way it's going to be. If he walks up like he owns the place, he's probably going to treat women like property. be one's own man (or woman) 1Act independently and with confidence. 独立自信地做 I must show them that I am my own man, not merely my father's shadow behind everything she did was a raw power that emphasized she was her own woman Example sentencesExamples In his early 60s, Luke was his own man and paid scant attention or heed to the conventions of modern day life. Gregory accepts the volatile nature of the industry but intends to be his own man and is confident of making a success of the job. I am in love with her because she is her own woman, lives alone, loves it and wouldn't have it any other way. Now Russell, 48, is his own man and is beginning to exude a confidence and gentle humour that wasn't always to the fore when he was finance director. No longer constrained by the pressure of his work as a practising architect, he was his own man. And he was his own man, unaffected by spin-doctors. From the very beginning she made it clear that she was her own woman - election badges during her husband's 1992 campaign read ‘two for the price of one’. For the first time in a long while he found himself able to walk to the docks with his head held high, confident in the knowledge that he was his own man once more. They taught me self-respect and they showed me how to be my own woman - never to lie, never to lose my sense of humour and always to treasure my friends. He looks tired but there is a sort of weary exhilaration about him: he may be floury and exhausted but he is his own man, producing food he believes in. 2Be in full possession of one's faculties. 〈古〉镇定自若 come into its (or one's) own Become fully effective, used, or recognized. 充分发挥作用，被充分使用；被充分认可 the two folk languages will at last come into their own 这两种部落语言最终将被广泛使用。 Example sentencesExamples It also shows a band coming into their own in the studio. He more fully came into his own in the '60s as the work of younger artists created a new climate for radical abstraction. It's about a girl coming into her own and becoming a woman. Twentysomethings were defining their buying habits, coming into their own politically and were underserved creatively on television. He is coming into his own now after being with the club for the last three or four years. This is a confident songwriter coming into her own. The last few years of his life he was coming into his own as an artist, creating some amazing art pieces and gallery shows. On the other hand, their carnival costumes offered increasing evidence that St Lucia's designers are finally coming into their own. Remember when VCRs were just coming into their own? Flora fully came into her own after she was invited to join the Red Cross as a nurse and travel to Serbia in the First World War. hold one's own Retain a position of strength in a challenging situation. 坚守住；不退让 Britain has begun to hold its own in world markets Example sentencesExamples And I always like the challenge of trying to hold my own with a fellow competitor. Since he took up the sport he has always had to fight older children, but has managed to hold his own. Singing with her mother, Reshma's daughter also managed to hold her own by singing solo too. Troy had about forty pounds of almost pure muscle on her but despite his advantage of experience and strength Kari was holding her own. If you become skilled, you'll hold your own in almost any situation. Smith has good upper-body strength and held his own against some of the tougher tackles in the division. He hangs in against tough lefthanders, so he can hold his own in late-inning situations against specialists. There is also the bonus that Scottish players are again beginning to hold their own in terms of quality. Having said that there are five strong personalities in the contest and I am confident that with good vote management we can still hold our own. For one so young, she manages to hold her own against the old pro with an alluring combination of confidence and vulnerability. Synonyms stand firm, stand one's ground, keep one's position, maintain one's position, keep one's end up, keep one's head above water, compete, survive, manage, cope, get through, get on, get along, get by of one's own Belonging to oneself alone. 属于自己的 at last I've got a place of my own 我终于有了自己的住所了。 Example sentencesExamples The result is an unashamed escape - guaranteed to lead you into dreams of your own. You need to build up a life of your own for whatever the future may hold. Piccadilly pays its way and has given all these young people an independent life of their own. The harder but surer way is to make a success of a business of your own and then sell it on to someone willing to pay millions. Why not go into the garden today and see where you could introduce some eye-catchers of your own? A house of your own and a booty of gold are up for grabs in a new television game show. If you feel you are being bled dry by monthly rent then buying a home of your own may be the solution. I think it's a good idea to have a platform of your own on which you can do what you want. Even if you do not need to share it with others, you are justified in having one of your own. There is even a tattoo parlour out back just in case you get inspired and want a bit of flesh art of your own. on one's own Unaccompanied by others; alone or unaided. 独自地；独立地；不依靠别人帮助地 she's not here now and I have to do things on my own these are exercises one can do on one's own Example sentencesExamples If you really want to make a change, start something on your own, show how it should be done. It was considered quite safe to travel on your own and come back alone even late at night. But it's hard doing stuff on your own all the time and I just want Abby to be responsible. Because, after all, our marriages and partnerships are far too important to manage on our own. The former nurse is believed to have been single and to have lived on her own. As it is, the best advice is to dress in warm waterproofs, keep your eyes well peeled and see if you can handle it on your own. It's easy to think that we're on our own and thus should go it alone and do the best we can. This Canadian joker couldn't tie his shoelaces on his own, let alone win a major title. Now is the time to stop claiming we can recover on our own and seek professional advice and support from an external partner. Rome is a city for lovers, not for single 36 year men with beards who are on their own. Synonyms alone, all alone, by oneself, all by oneself, in a solitary state, single, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless, partnerless, unattended, unescorted, unchaperoned, solo unaided, unassisted, without help, without assistance, by oneself, all by oneself, alone, all alone, by one's own efforts, under one's own steam, independently, single-handed, single-handedly, standing on one's own two feet, off one's own bat, on one's own initiative Phrasal Verbs own up Admit to having done something wrong or embarrassing. 坦白，承认；供认 he owns up to few mistakes 他不承认有什么错误。 Example sentencesExamples Both, understandably, want to talk about where they go from here, but they have to own up to what went wrong. If she owns up to her mistreatment, seems genuinely sorry and makes amends, you should have no problem setting the friendship back on track. He figured out what was wrong and owned up to his mistake. Virtually everything these people said was wrong, but none of them has owned up to it. No government owns up to state-facilitated assassinations That was to his credit, as many people did the opposite and people should be encouraged to own up for their wrong doings. I was slightly disappointed at owning up, sometimes lying promises more fun. Men who learn of their affliction are sometimes embarrassed to own up to it. No one owns up to the fact of doing something wrong. We men have almost as much trouble owning up to our emotions as we do admitting to fear. Synonyms confess, confess to, admit to, admit guilt, plead guilty, accept blame, accept responsibility, acknowledge, acknowledge that, tell the truth, tell the truth about, make a clean breast of it, tell all Origin Old English āgen (adjective and pronoun) 'owned, possessed', past participle of āgan 'owe'; the verb (Old English āgnian 'possess', also 'make own's own') was originally from the adjective, later probably reintroduced from owner. Rhymes alone, atone, Beaune, bemoan, blown, bone, Capone, clone, Cohn, Cologne, condone, cone, co-own, crone, drone, enthrone, flown, foreknown, foreshown, groan, grown, half-tone, home-grown, hone, Joan, known, leone, loan, lone, mephedrone, moan, Mon, mown, ochone, outflown, outgrown, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, rone, sewn, shown, Simone, Sloane, Soane, sone, sown, stone, strown, throne, thrown, tone, trombone, Tyrone, unbeknown, undersown, windblown, zone pron.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of own in US English: own pronoun & adjectiveoʊnōn 1Used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned. 用在物主代词后以加强语气自己的；属于自己的东西（或人） as adjective they can't handle their own children 他们连自己的孩子都管不了。 I was an outcast among my own kind 我在我自己的同类中遭到排斥。 as pronoun the Church would look after its own 教会会照看好自己。 Example sentencesExamples The idea that it's better to be free to call your own shots, right or wrong, cannot be bad. Impossible as it is to believe, these are rappers who never mention their own names. Both her children work long hours and have little time to spare for their own home lives. Reducing barriers to trade and opening up our own economy to the free market would be a start. I recognise people may have different points of view and are free to have their own opinion. If you cannot have it by its own total free will and volition, it will never be yours. For my own leisure reading, I found that fiction gradually lost its hold on me. Teenage louts always belong to someone else; your own are just boys being boys. The other five of the same colour is not a trump - it belongs to its own suit. Making some sort of imposition on the players' own free time would also be a more appropriate form of redress. Shouldn't businesses be providing their own opportunities in a free market? But as you return to your own normality, spare a thought for those who cannot walk away. It is not, alas, possible to convince oneself that the kitten got there entirely of its own free will. The best way to see its many attractions is to rent a car and drive from place to place at your own leisure. Staff will be free to choose their own funds, but will otherwise be automatically opted in to a default fund. He prefers to travel under his own steam, free of deadlines and the constriction of a commission. We'd be interested to see whether our readers' views concur with our own so feel free to make use of the comment boxes. Plese feel free to add your own thoughts and questions, or just ignore my ramblings and move on. Feel free to add your own sins, or just pile in and tell me what an awful person I am. Given political independence, Scottish Tories would be free to set their own radical agenda. 1.1 Done or produced by and for the person specified. 自己做的；自己生产的 as adjective I used to design all my own clothes 以前我穿的衣服全是自己设计的。 as pronoun they claimed the work as their own 他们声称该作品是他们自己的。 Example sentencesExamples So I'm going to have a crack at growing my own from scratch. Once you've got all your cooking exams it's about experimenting and putting your own mark on a dish. She creates her own prints, giving her clothes a distinctive signature look. As a child, Ismat was inspired by her mother, who used to make her own clothes. She made her own clothes and always put her hair up in funky new ways. Instead we consciously fashion our own adaptations, from clothes to cars to weapons. To say there will be pots and pans for people to do their own cooking is just ludicrous. She has blasted celebrities who bring out their own clothes ranges. You will also end up cooking all your own meals, because the food is disgusting. As a bachelor who still mends his own clothes he was able to do a lot of embroidery on his square. I once did a florist course at night school and I like to make my own clothes and do interior design. Without these berries, there is more of a need to do your own cooking and eat lots of food. 1.2 Particular to the person or thing mentioned; individual. 具有自己特点的；有个性的 as adjective the style had its own charm 该风格有其独特的魅力。 as pronoun the film had a quality all its own 该电影有它独特的品质。 Example sentencesExamples I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping. You will soon realise each of these humorous birds has its own individual personality. You see, every person has their own individual tolerance to stock market volatility. All the pubs on our route have their own individual atmosphere and characters. He has spent a lifetime trying, in his own individual way, to address some of the ills of our society. Ulverston is South Lakeland's second largest town and oozes its own character and charm. These were both aspects of her rich personality and the need to express herself in her own individual way. Each cereal has its own needs, an individual moment of nurturing before the spoon starts scooping. In our own small ways we all made our own individual calls on the decision. We bore in mind their own individual requirements but didn't do special favours for any of them. This in turn fostered a new tolerance for women as individuals with their own destinies outside the home. There are many ways in which liberals respect individuals' claims over their own talents. A stand that Alicia takes not just with her music, but also with her own individual style. In schools what matters most is not how a child learns to develop his or her own individual abilities. You should be aware of the deeper meaning of life and be practising it to your own individual perception. The machine is programmed to each individual's own unique hand characteristics. People cope with grief in their own individual way but it does help to talk about it. On walking down busy Nevskii, for example, the individual's own right of way is all that matters. Each of these sites has its own particularly charming stance on what I've said. Everyone thinks of themselves as an individual with their own individual thoughts and feelings. Synonyms personal, individual, particular, private, personalized, idiosyncratic, characteristic, unique verboʊnōn 1with object Have (something) as one's own; possess. 拥有；有 his father owns a restaurant 他的父亲有一家饭馆。 as adjective, in combination state-owned property Example sentencesExamples His parents live in Kolkata; his father owns a portrait photo studio and his mother is a floral stylist. Her father, who owns a bank, is reputed to be the wealthiest man in Spain. Having no means of his own, he has given up all hope of ever owning a nice home. Some would claim that he was born at Dougharne Hill where his father also owned another house. Ever fancied owning a stretch of a famous salmon river, but found yourself about a million quid short of the asking price? He was installed in a pharmacy owned by his father on nearby Observatory Street. You never nurse the slightest notion of ever owning those clothes. They also have no problem with living with massive student debt as they start out their adult life, and they have no illusions about ever owning their own home. His hobby doesn't come cheap but, helpfully, his father owns a polo yard in Sussex. And just that morning, we had buried a childless woman who had lived 86 years without ever owning a car. Her grandparents ran the old Savernake Forest Hotel and her father owned nightclubs. He might have been working with gold, but his father certainly owned no golden goose. He said his father owned a light aircraft, which he was allowed to use. My family haven't ever owned land and there isn't a farm anywhere which one day I'll inherit. My father owned Cook's demolition yard just down from here and my eldest son was born there. She dropped them and looked about the room, trying to picture it as it had once been when her father's friend had owned it. None of my family or friends have ever owned big businesses or been corporate consultants. It was here that he met his first wife Ann whose father owned a coalmine in West Virginia -. My father owns a packaging company, and is also a sales representative for his company. I know that deep down it wouldn't feel right in my heart, but it might just be the closest I ever get to owning a pair. Synonyms be the owner of, possess, be the possessor of, be the proud possessor of, have in one's possession, have to one's name, count among one's possessions, have, keep, retain, maintain, hold, be blessed with, enjoy, boast 2formal no object Admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way. 〈正式〉承认 she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy 她承认感到非常嫉妒。 with clause he was reluctant to own that he was indebted 他不愿意承认欠了债。 Example sentencesExamples Hume was quite well aware that Berkeley would not have owned to being a sceptic. A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, Synonyms admit, allow, concede, grant, accept, accede, acknowledge, recognize, agree, confess 2.1with object Take or acknowledge full responsibility for (something) 为（某事）承担全责；承认为（某事）负全责 I emphasize the importance of owning our anger and finding ways to control it 我强调对我们的愤怒负起责任并找到控制它的办法是重要的。 Example sentencesExamples Own your anger by expressing it with "I" statements: "I really get mad when you leave dirty dishes in the sink." Just because you're scared of something now doesn't mean you won't own your fear in days to come. 2.2archaic with object Acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of. 〈古〉承认是…的父母（或作者、主人） he has published little, trivial things which he will not own 他出版了一些连他自己也不会承认是作者的微不足道的东西。 3US informal with object Utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of. yeah right, she totally owned you, man 是的，她彻底羞辱了你，老兄。 Example sentencesExamples I owned you guys. Admit it please. So now I owned you so much to the point that you rely on using quotes from movies as comebacks instead of creating your own? Phrases as if (or like) one owns the place informal In an overbearing or self-important manner. 〈非正式〉俨然那地方是他的（表示态度专横和妄自尊大） he would have walked in and taken charge as if he owned the place Example sentencesExamples If he walks up like he owns the place, he's probably going to treat women like property. She walks around my apartment as if she owns the place and tells me what I can and can't do and the way it's going to be. be one's own man (or woman) 1Act independently and with confidence. 独立自信地做 Example sentencesExamples They taught me self-respect and they showed me how to be my own woman - never to lie, never to lose my sense of humour and always to treasure my friends. And he was his own man, unaffected by spin-doctors. From the very beginning she made it clear that she was her own woman - election badges during her husband's 1992 campaign read ‘two for the price of one’. Gregory accepts the volatile nature of the industry but intends to be his own man and is confident of making a success of the job. In his early 60s, Luke was his own man and paid scant attention or heed to the conventions of modern day life. Now Russell, 48, is his own man and is beginning to exude a confidence and gentle humour that wasn't always to the fore when he was finance director. He looks tired but there is a sort of weary exhilaration about him: he may be floury and exhausted but he is his own man, producing food he believes in. For the first time in a long while he found himself able to walk to the docks with his head held high, confident in the knowledge that he was his own man once more. I am in love with her because she is her own woman, lives alone, loves it and wouldn't have it any other way. No longer constrained by the pressure of his work as a practising architect, he was his own man. 1.1archaic Be in full possession of one's faculties. 〈古〉镇定自若 come into its (or one's) own Become fully effective, used, or recognized. 充分发挥作用，被充分使用；被充分认可 Mexico will come into its own as a vacation spot Example sentencesExamples He is coming into his own now after being with the club for the last three or four years. It also shows a band coming into their own in the studio. Flora fully came into her own after she was invited to join the Red Cross as a nurse and travel to Serbia in the First World War. It's about a girl coming into her own and becoming a woman. This is a confident songwriter coming into her own. The last few years of his life he was coming into his own as an artist, creating some amazing art pieces and gallery shows. He more fully came into his own in the '60s as the work of younger artists created a new climate for radical abstraction. On the other hand, their carnival costumes offered increasing evidence that St Lucia's designers are finally coming into their own. Twentysomethings were defining their buying habits, coming into their own politically and were underserved creatively on television. Remember when VCRs were just coming into their own? hold one's own Retain a position of strength in a challenging situation. 坚守住；不退让 I can hold my own in a fight Example sentencesExamples And I always like the challenge of trying to hold my own with a fellow competitor. Singing with her mother, Reshma's daughter also managed to hold her own by singing solo too. If you become skilled, you'll hold your own in almost any situation. For one so young, she manages to hold her own against the old pro with an alluring combination of confidence and vulnerability. Troy had about forty pounds of almost pure muscle on her but despite his advantage of experience and strength Kari was holding her own. Smith has good upper-body strength and held his own against some of the tougher tackles in the division. Having said that there are five strong personalities in the contest and I am confident that with good vote management we can still hold our own. He hangs in against tough lefthanders, so he can hold his own in late-inning situations against specialists. There is also the bonus that Scottish players are again beginning to hold their own in terms of quality. Since he took up the sport he has always had to fight older children, but has managed to hold his own. Synonyms stand firm, stand one's ground, keep one's position, maintain one's position, keep one's end up, keep one's head above water, compete, survive, manage, cope, get through, get on, get along, get by of one's own Belonging to oneself alone. 属于自己的 at last I've got a place of my own 我终于有了自己的住所了。 Example sentencesExamples The harder but surer way is to make a success of a business of your own and then sell it on to someone willing to pay millions. Why not go into the garden today and see where you could introduce some eye-catchers of your own? A house of your own and a booty of gold are up for grabs in a new television game show. The result is an unashamed escape - guaranteed to lead you into dreams of your own. I think it's a good idea to have a platform of your own on which you can do what you want. There is even a tattoo parlour out back just in case you get inspired and want a bit of flesh art of your own. Piccadilly pays its way and has given all these young people an independent life of their own. You need to build up a life of your own for whatever the future may hold. If you feel you are being bled dry by monthly rent then buying a home of your own may be the solution. Even if you do not need to share it with others, you are justified in having one of your own. on one's own Unaccompanied by others; alone or unaided. 独自地；独立地；不依靠别人帮助地 I have to do things on my own Example sentencesExamples But it's hard doing stuff on your own all the time and I just want Abby to be responsible. This Canadian joker couldn't tie his shoelaces on his own, let alone win a major title. Rome is a city for lovers, not for single 36 year men with beards who are on their own. Now is the time to stop claiming we can recover on our own and seek professional advice and support from an external partner. If you really want to make a change, start something on your own, show how it should be done. Because, after all, our marriages and partnerships are far too important to manage on our own. The former nurse is believed to have been single and to have lived on her own. It's easy to think that we're on our own and thus should go it alone and do the best we can. As it is, the best advice is to dress in warm waterproofs, keep your eyes well peeled and see if you can handle it on your own. It was considered quite safe to travel on your own and come back alone even late at night. Synonyms alone, all alone, by oneself, all by oneself, in a solitary state, single, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless, partnerless, unattended, unescorted, unchaperoned, solo unaided, unassisted, without help, without assistance, by oneself, all by oneself, alone, all alone, by one's own efforts, under one's own steam, independently, single-handed, single-handedly, standing on one's own two feet, off one's own bat, on one's own initiative Phrasal Verbs own up Admit or confess to having done something wrong or embarrassing. 坦白，承认；供认 he owns up to few mistakes 他不承认有什么错误。 Example sentencesExamples Virtually everything these people said was wrong, but none of them has owned up to it. I was slightly disappointed at owning up, sometimes lying promises more fun. No one owns up to the fact of doing something wrong. He figured out what was wrong and owned up to his mistake. We men have almost as much trouble owning up to our emotions as we do admitting to fear. Both, understandably, want to talk about where they go from here, but they have to own up to what went wrong. No government owns up to state-facilitated assassinations If she owns up to her mistreatment, seems genuinely sorry and makes amends, you should have no problem setting the friendship back on track. Men who learn of their affliction are sometimes embarrassed to own up to it. That was to his credit, as many people did the opposite and people should be encouraged to own up for their wrong doings. Synonyms confess, confess to, admit to, admit guilt, plead guilty, accept blame, accept responsibility, acknowledge, acknowledge that, tell the truth, tell the truth about, make a clean breast of it, tell all Origin Old English āgen (adjective and pronoun) ‘owned, possessed’, past participle of āgan ‘owe’; the verb ( Old English āgnian ‘possess’, also ‘make own's own’) was originally from the adjective, later probably reintroduced from owner. pron.1 phr. phr.v.
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