喜樂美語

核心畫面

Something is yours and no one else's — it sits inside the circle that belongs to you. From there the word stretches two ways: 'mine, done by me, by myself' (the adjective), and 'to hold it as mine' — which also means taking full possession of your mistakes (own up) or of an opponent (own them).

可以想成一個畫面：有件東西落在「屬於你」的那個圈圈裡，別人都在圈外。圍繞這個圈，own 往兩邊延伸——形容詞那邊強調…更多收起可以想成一個畫面：有件東西落在「屬於你」的那個圈圈裡，別人都在圈外。圍繞這個圈，own 往兩邊延伸——形容詞那邊強調「是我的、我親手做的、靠我自己」；動詞那邊是「把它握成我的」，而把東西認成自己的，也包括認下自己的錯（own up），甚至把對手整個吃下（完勝）。

原始詞典資料19 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

ownadj詞源 1/əʊn/

  • 1

    Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

    • The fathers shall not bee put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: euery man shall be put to death for his owne sinne.
    • Prospero: Fairely ſpoke ; / Sit then, and talke with her, ſhe is thine owne ;
  • 2

    Not shared.

    • When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.
  • 3

    obsoletePeculiar, domestic.

  • 4

    obsoleteNot foreign.

ownverb詞源 2/əʊn/

  • 1

    To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

    • I own this car.
  • 2

    To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.

    • The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon.
  • 3

    informalTo defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.

    • I will own my enemies.
    • If he wins, he will own you.
  • 4

    To virtually or figuratively enslave.

  • 5

    slanggamesgamingTo defeat, dominate, or be above.

  • 6

    slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsTo illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).

    • "TH15 5Y5T3M 15 0WN3D"
  • 7

    slangTo be very good.

  • 8

    To admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny.

    • I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
    • For instance, when I flung the cat out of an upper window (though I did it from no ill-feeling, and it didn't hurt the cat), I was ready, after a moment's reflection, to own I was wrong, as a gentleman should.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To acknowledge.

    • I must own that I have been at fault all this time.
    • Two of those fellows you must know and own.
  • 10

    To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.

    • "Well, I'm not hiding anymore! I'm owning my girly looks with cute short pink hair!"
  • 11

    To take responsibility for.

    • Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, told reporters that Democrats “own” the assassination of Mr. Kirk. When a reporter questioned her about attacks on Democrats, she cut him off. “Democrats own this,” she said. “We’re talking about Charlie Kirk right now.”
  • 12

    To recognise.

    • I own him as a son of my own.
  • 13

    To claim as one's own.

  • 14

    dialectalTo confess.

ownnoun詞源 2/əʊn/

  • 1

    A crushing insult.

    • the amount of bigots that just screenshot my profile thinking it's the biggest own is insane.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。