•Each neighbourhood in New York has its own characteristics.纽约的每个居民区都有自己的特点。

•I'd like to have my very own apartment.我想有自己的公寓。

•He wanted an apartment of his own.他想要一套属于自己的公寓。

•She makes all her own clothes.她的衣服全都是自己做的。

•I'm going to be out tonight, so you'll have to get your own dinner (= prepare it yourself).我今晚要出去，所以你要自己做饭了。

•Was that your own idea or did someone suggest it to you?那是你自己的主意还是有人给你出的主意？

•You'll have to make up your own mind (= decide by yourself) what you want to do.你想做甚么要自己拿主意。

•I'd never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes/heard it with my own ears.要不是亲眼看到／亲耳听到此事，我怎么也不会相信。

•"Is that your mum's car?" "No, it's my own (= it belongs to me)."“那是你妈妈的车吗？”“不，是我自己的。”

•James Joyce wrote in a style that was all his own (= that was not like that of anyone else).詹姆斯‧乔伊斯以自己独有的风格写作。

•We like to take care of our own (= take care of people who are members of our family, or who work for us).我们关照自己人。

•I like living on my own.我喜欢独自一个人生活。

•I did my buttons up all on my own, Mummy.妈妈，我的钮扣全是我自己扣上的。

•You may only use company computers to access the Web in your own time.你只能在业余时间使用公司的电脑上网。

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•Nobody tells me how to live my life - I'm my own man.没人能告诉我该怎样生活——我自有主张。

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•Eileen really comes into her own in a crisis.爱琳在危急时刻真正显示出自己的价值。

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•I study for its own sake.我学习只是因为学习本身的乐趣。

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•I'll get my own back on her one day.总有一天我会报复她的。

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•My little brother always gets his own way.我的小弟总是能遂心如愿。

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•It's hard to believe that he could treat his own flesh and blood so badly.真难相信，他对自己的亲生骨肉会这么狠。

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•We own our house.我们拥有自己的房子。

•I've never owned a suit in my life.我这辈子从没拥有过一套西装。

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•[+ (that)] I own (that) I was not very happy with the group's decision.我承认我对集体的决定不是很满意。

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•He walked into the office as if he owned the place.他走进办公室，神气得好似主人一样。

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•No one has owned up to stealing the money.没有人承认偷了那笔钱。