常考词汇own用法剖析
own这个词汇常常考,并且,一考很多考生都不知所措,以是有必要拿出说说。
own
v.拥有;有(尤指买来的东西);供认
adj./pron.(用于重申)本人的;本人的;本人做的;为本人的
1.做动词“拥有”,平凡词汇
His father owns a local pub.
他父亲在当地有一家酒馆。
Do you own your house or do you rent it?
你的屋子是本人的,照旧租的?
Most of the apartments are privately owned.
大多公寓房都是公家的。
an American owned company
一家美资公司
作动词“供认”,用法比力特别:
own to sth/to doing sth供认
He owned to a feeling of guilt.
他供认有歉疚感。
She owned (that) she had been present.
她供认她事先在场。
own up to sth坦率供认……
Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
客岁丈夫向我坦率了他与秘书的私情。
Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
大大多男人宁死都不愿供认有依托感。
2. adj./pron.(用于重申)本人的;本人的;本人做的;为本人的
寻常用法是:物主代词+own+名词,
但这个时分own可以放在物主代词的后方,构成独立的名词短语(即名词省略不再显现)。特别是当与own有关的名词已在前方显现时,就可以接纳这种布局。但是,不是相对的。如:
My own view is absolutely clear. What I did was right
我本人的看法十分清晰。我做的事是准确的。
I'll dress how I like in my own house!
我在本人家里爱怎样穿就怎样穿!
I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.
我宁愿在我本人的土地上见他。
I need a room of my own.
我必要有一间本人的房间。
I like being my own boss.
我喜好本人做老板,本人拿想法。
I saw it with my own eyes.
我亲眼望见的。
I want to have my own business
我想本人创业。
Some young mothers feel imprisoned in their own homes.
有些年轻的母亲感受待在家里好像下狱。
Andrew decided to go it alone and start his own business.
安德鲁决定独力创办本人的企业。
He was very aware of his own importance.
他十分清晰本人的紧张位置。
He didn't expect his own mother to shop him to the police.
他没想到本人的母亲会向警方密告他。
He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong.
他只顾想着心事,没注意到有什么不合错误。
They don't yet have a country to call their own
他们还没有本人的国度。
Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own
有几位成员提出了本人的发起。
Business isn't good but we're managing to hold our own.
买卖不景气,但我们正想法坚持下去。
I decided to branch out on my own.
我决定本人开业。
I would like a place I could call my own.
我想要一个本人的窝儿。
Their life seemed utterly distant from his own.
他们的生存与他本人的生存仿佛完全不同。
Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own.
很多人生存贫困并非他们本人有什么不对。
You see, we have a problem of our own.
你晓得,我们也有本人的成绩。
Our children are grown up and have children of their own.
我们的后代都已长大成人,有了本人的孩子。
Not because I want him to be my friend but because I want to be my own friend.
这并不是由于我想让他成为我的伙伴,而是由于我想成为我本人的伙伴。(不是相对的那种情况一个例子)
3. on one’s own单独;单独;独立地
I'm all on my own today.
今天就我一一局部。
She lives on her own.
她一一局部生存。
He did it on his own.
这件事他独立完成了。
I like to be on my own sometimes.
偶尔分我喜好一一局部待着。
I think we can manage quite happily on our own.
我想我们本人完万可以应付。
We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.
我们常常争辩,从无在一同的时间,我真是没有办法了。
Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?
你干吗非得本人干,而不请人帮助?
You would be ill-advised to travel on your own.
你要单独旅游是不明智的。
When push comes to shove, you are on your own.
假如情势糟糕,你就只能靠本人了。
It wasn't very sensible to go out on your own so late at night.
这么晚一一局部单独外出是不太明智的。
You don't have to figure this out on your own.
你不必本人弄明白这些事变。
It's more satisfying to learn on your own without someone explaining it to you.
不必他人给你表明,本人学习更让人满意。
He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company
他和伙伴本人创业,兴办了一家告捷的着装公司。
Boys at that age should be able to explore and go off on their own, go on bike rides, get into mischief
谁人年事的男孩应该可以本人出去闯,也可以骑车出游,还可以淘气作怪。
He had planned to go skiing on his own in March but his wife had decided to put her foot down.
他原本方案在3月单独去滑雪,但是他的太太决定让他取消这个动机。
She took out a bank loan and set up on her own.
她从银行贷了一笔款,本人干起来了。
She wasn't any the less happy for being on her own.
她并不因单独一人而有一丁点儿不快活。
It must be hard for her, bringing up four children on her own.
她一一局部扶养四个孩子一定很困难。
She reared a family of five on her own.
她一一局部养活五个孩子。
She was on her own with two kids to feed and clothe.
她单独一一局部要供两个孩子吃穿。
She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.
她单独站在那边,看上去弱不由风。