原文:You don't want to owe him any more.你不會想再欠他的。
own:形容詞(用于強(qiáng)調(diào))自己的,本人的
I saw it with my own eyes.我親眼看見的。
注意:
own不能用在冠詞后。
對:I need my own room.
錯:I need an own room.
對:It's good to have your own room.
錯: It's godd to have the own room.
及物動詞 vt. [W]
1.有,擁有
He owns three cars.
他有三輛汽車。
2.承認(rèn)[+(that)]
She owned that she had neglected her duty.
她承認(rèn)自己玩忽職守。
不及物動詞 vi.
1.承認(rèn)[(+to)]
She owned to having known
【短語擴(kuò)展】
come into your/its own:得到充分的發(fā)展
When the traffic's this bad,a bicycle really comes into its own.在交通如此擁堵的時候,自行車就顯出了它的價值。
get your own back(on sb):報復(fù)
I'll get my own back on him one day,I swear!我發(fā)誓,我總有一天要報復(fù)他的。
hold your own (against sb/sth) (in sth)堅守立場
Business isn't good but we're managing to hold our own.生意不景氣,但我們正設(shè)法堅持下去。
own up (to sth/to doing sth)承擔(dān)責(zé)任,認(rèn)錯,坦白
I'm still waiting for someone to own up the breakages.我還在等著有人承認(rèn)把東西打碎了。
原文:You already owe him one favor.你已然欠他一個人情了。
【favor短語擴(kuò)展】
do sb no favor:無助于某人;給某人留下壞印象
You're not doing yourself any favors,working for nothing.你干活不取報酬,對自己沒有好處。
do me a favor(回答認(rèn)為是愚蠢的問題)得了吧
Do you think they'll win?
Do me a favor!They haven't got a single decent player.
你認(rèn)為他們會贏嗎?
得了吧!他們連個像樣的運(yùn)動員都沒有。
in sb's favor:有利于某人,有助于某人
The exchange rate is in our favor at the moment.目前匯率對我們有利。
原文:I was born in jail?我是在監(jiān)獄出生的嗎?
jail:
n.監(jiān)獄
He has been released from jail.他已從監(jiān)獄里放出來了。
v.jail sb (for sth)監(jiān)禁
He was jailed for life for murder.他因謀殺罪被終身監(jiān)禁。