own这个词汇常常考，而且，一考许多考生都不知所措，所以有必要拿出说说。

own

v.拥有;有(尤指买来的东西);承认

adj./pron.(用于强调)自己的;本人的;自己做的;为自己的

1.做动词“拥有”，普通词汇

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?

你的房子是自己的，还是租的？

Most of the apartments are privately owned.

多数公寓房都是私人的。

an American owned company

一家美资公司

作动词“承认”，用法比较特殊：

own to sth/to doing sth承认

He owned to a feeling of guilt.

他承认有歉疚感。

She owned (that) she had been present.

她承认她当时在场。

own up to sth坦白承认……

Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.

去年丈夫向我坦白了他与秘书的私情。

Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.

大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。

2. adj./pron.(用于强调)自己的;本人的;自己做的;为自己的

一般用法是：物主代词+own+名词，

但这个时候own可以放在物主代词的后面，构成独立的名词短语（即名词省略不再出现）。特别是当与own有关的名词已在前面出现时，就可以采用这种结构。但是，不是绝对的。如：

My own view is absolutely clear. What I did was right

我自己的观点非常清楚。我做的事是正确的。

I'll dress how I like in my own house!

我在自己家里爱怎么穿就怎么穿！

I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.

我宁愿在我自己的地盘上见他。

I need a room of my own.

我需要有一间自己的房间。

I like being my own boss.

我喜欢自己做老板，自己拿主意。

I saw it with my own eyes.

我亲眼看见的。

I want to have my own Business

我想自己创业。

Some young mothers feel imprisoned in their own homes.

有些年轻的母亲感到待在家里如同坐牢。

Andrew decided to go it alone and start his own business.

安德鲁决定独力开办自己的企业。

He was very aware of his own importance.

他十分清楚自己的重要地位。

He didn't expect his own mother to shop him to the police.

他没想到自己的母亲会向警方告发他。

He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong.

他只顾想着心事，没注意到有什么不对。

They don't yet have a country to call their own

他们还没有自己的国家。

Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own

有几位成员提出了自己的建议。

Business isn't good but we're managing to hold our own.

生意不景气，但我们正设法坚持下去。

I decided to branch out on my own.

我决定自己开业。

I would like a place I could call my own.

我想要一个自己的窝儿。

Their life seemed utterly distant from his own.

他们的生活与他自己的生活似乎完全不同。

Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own.

很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。

You see, we have a problem of our own.

你知道，我们也有自己的问题。

Our children are grown up and have children of their own.

我们的子女都已长大成人，有了自己的孩子。

Not because I want him to be my friend but because I want to be my own friend.

这并不是因为我想让他成为我的朋友，而是因为我想成为我自己的朋友。（不是绝对的那种情况一个例子）

3. on one’s own独自；单独；独立地

I'm all on my own today.

今天就我一个人。

She lives on her own.

她一个人生活。

He did it on his own.

这件事他独立完成了。

I like to be on my own sometimes.

有时候我喜欢一个人待着。

I think we can manage quite happily on our own.

我想我们自己完全能够应付。

We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.

我们经常争吵，从无在一起的时间，我真是没有办法了。

Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?

你干吗非得自己干，而不请人帮忙？

You would be ill-advised to travel on your own.

你要独自旅行是不明智的。

When push comes to shove, you are on your own.

如果形势糟糕，你就只能靠自己了。

It wasn't very sensible to go out on your own so late at night.

这么晚一个人单独外出是不太明智的。

You don't have to figure this out on your own.

你不必自己弄明白这些事情。

It's more satisfying to learn on your own without someone explaining it to you.

不用别人给你解释,自己学习更让人满意。

He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company

他和同伴自己创业，创办了一家成功的时装公司。

Boys at that age should be able to explore and go off on their own, go on bike rides, get into mischief

那个年龄的男孩应该可以自己出去闯，也可以骑车出游，还可以调皮捣蛋。

He had planned to go skiing on his own in March but his wife had decided to put her foot down.

他原本打算在3月独自去滑雪，但是他的太太决定让他打消这个念头。

She took out a bank loan and set up on her own.

她从银行贷了一笔款，自己干起来了。

She wasn't any the less happy for being on her own.

她并不因独自一人而有一丁点儿不快活。

It must be hard for her, bringing up four children on her own.

她一个人抚养四个孩子一定很艰难。

She reared a family of five on her own.

她一个人养活五个孩子。

She was on her own with two kids to feed and clothe.

她独自一个人要供两个孩子吃穿。

She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.

她独自站在那里，看上去弱不禁风。