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own用作及物动词时,意为“拥有,占有”,含有法律上具有所有权的意味,其主语一般为人,其后多用表示房屋、土地、船舶等有形物的名词作宾语。own还可表示某人承认某事如错误、耻辱感、感到焦虑、说谎等。
own可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,其后接名词、代词作宾语; 还可接以“(to be+) adj. ”或“as+ n. ”充当补足语的复合宾语。用作不及物动词时,常与介词to连用,表示“承认”, to后接名词或动名词(一般式或完成式),也可接that从句,这时to常可省略。
own后还可接反身代词表示“承认”。
own是表示所属关系的动词,一般不用于进行体,也不可用于被动结构。
own up的意思是“坦白,爽爽快快地承认”。

A large proportion of the peasant households round here own TV sets.
这一带相当大一部分农民家庭拥有电视机。

belonging to or done by a particular person or thing
(HAVE LEGALLY) to have something that legally belongs to you
(ADMIT) to admit
(DEFEAT/DO WELL) to defeat someone completely or be much better than him or her; to perform extremely well

You use own to indicate that something belongs to a particular person or thing.
Own is also a pronoun.
You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group.
Own is also a pronoun.
You use own to indicate that someone does something without any help from other people.
Own is also a pronoun.
If you own something, it is your property.
If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.
If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right.
If you get your own back on someone, you have your revenge on them because of something bad that they have done to you.
If you say that someone has a particular thing of their own, you mean that that thing belongs or relates to them, rather than to other people.
If someone or something has a particular quality or characteristic of their own, that quality or characteristic is especially theirs, rather than being shared by other things or people of that type.
When you are on your own, you are alone.
If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people.
to hold your own&rarrsee hold