1.on my own= by myself我独自地
on your own=by yourself你独自地
以此类推。
I like to be on my own sometimes.
有时候我喜欢一个人待着。
I want to finish this on my own.
我想独自完成这项工作。
I work best on my own.
我独立工作的时候效果最好。
I decided to branch out on my own.
我决定自己开业。
Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?
为什么梅利莎会一个人在超市里面费劲地转来转去？
No offence, but I'd really like to be on my own.
我无意冒犯，但我确实想自己一个人（待着）。
I need some time on my own.
我需要独处一段时间。
She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business.
她想让我自己闯一闯，买下一个公司。
Her husband was in the doghouse for leaving her to cope on her own.
她丈夫因让她独自应付把她惹毛了。
I told him how scared I was of being on my own
我告诉他我有多害怕自己一个人。
I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.
我是个孤儿，差不多是靠自己长大的。
I'd met him at a dance I'd gone to on my own. But that's another story.
我有一次独自去参加舞会时遇上了他。但那是题外话了。
To sleep on my own and not hear the boys snore or grunt was pure bliss.
自己一个人睡、不用听男孩们的鼾声或咕哝声简直是幸福极了。
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。
He's like some dreamy kid playing on his own
他就像是个自娱自乐的爱幻想的孩子。
He has the great ambition of running a company on his own.
他怀有自己经营公司的雄心壮志。
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。
He lives on his own
他独自一人生活。
Now, I hadn't told him these details, so he must have done some research on his own.
你看，我没有告诉他这些细节，因此他一定是自己作了一些调查。
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？
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 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。
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。
Jennifer believes she will move out on her own when she is financially able to support herself
珍妮弗相信，当自己有钱养活自己时，就会搬出去单住。
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。
All babies need quiet times on their own and get grizzly if they've had too much stimulation.
婴儿都需要自己安静地呆一会儿，如果受到太多的刺激他们就会大声啼哭。
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。
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 can't be easy for her, on her own with the children.
她一个人带着这些孩子绝非易事。
She reared a family of five on her own.
她一个人养活五个孩子。
She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.
她独自站在那里，看上去弱不禁风。
Her problem was just too big for her to tackle on her own
她的问题太严重了，光靠她自己是没法解决的。
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's been all on her own since her daughter moved away.
自从她女儿搬走以后，她一直独自生活。
I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
我猜想她一个人过肯定很孤独。
2.物主代词+own +名词 某人自己的某物
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。
They each have their own email address.
他们每个人都有自己的电子邮件地址。
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。
Passengers were asked to identify their own suitcases before they were put on the plane.
乘客被要求先确认自己的旅行箱再送上飞机。
Patients should not have to bear the costs of their own treatment.
病人不应该自己承担治疗费用。
I'll dress how I like in my own house!
我在自己家里爱怎么穿就怎么穿！
The success or failure of the matter depends on your own effort.
事情的成败在你自己的努力。
I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.
我宁愿在我自己的地盘上见他。
When his parents died he had to learn to stand on his own two feet.
他的父母去世后他不得不学会自立。
My father didn't mind whom I married, so long as I could stand on my own two feet and wasn't dependent on my husband.
只要我能够自食其力，不依附于自己的丈夫，嫁给谁我父亲倒是并不介意。
There was no TV so we were thrown back on our own resources.
没有电视机，所以我们只好自娱自乐了。
We are constantly thrown back on our own resources.
我们总是不得不自谋出路。
It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep
我们很容易无视身边之事。
He came to be seen as a drag on his own party's prospects.
他逐渐被看成是阻碍自己的党走向未来的绊脚石。
He informed on his own brother.
他告发了他的亲弟弟。
He studies on his own initiative.
他学习很自觉。
She did it on her own initiative.
她是主动这么做的。
She had plans to set up in business on her own account.
她计划自己创业。
I want to have my own business
我想自己创业。
I haven't seen my own daughter since last January.
自去年1月起我就没见过女儿了。
On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。
They are fighting the Conservatives on their own ground.
他们以保守党人自己的逻辑在和他们斗争。
On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。
I've got my own room so I'm well off.
我有自己的房间，所以还不错。
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。
My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's.
与别人的问题相比，我自己的问题算不得什么。
I couldn't believe my own stupidity.
我干的蠢事我自己都不能相信。
I was just sitting there, minding my own business, when a man started shouting at me.
我就坐在那儿，也没招谁惹谁，忽然有个男人对我大喊大叫。
Jennifer insisted on her own room
珍妮弗坚持要有自己的房间。
They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death
它们开始攻击同类，拼命地互相啄着。
They grow food on their own plots of land.
他们在自己的小块土地上种粮食。
The course allows students to progress at their own speed.
本课程允许学生按各自的速度学习。
The aim is to give people more power over their own lives.
目的是让人们更能主宰自己的生命。
We encourage all students to work at their own pace.
我们鼓励学生都按自己的节奏学习。
The charter proclaimed that all states would have their own government.
宪章规定，各州皆允建立各自的政府。
The activities help children to develop a sense of their own worth.
这些活动有助于儿童培养自身的价值感。