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On your own 是什么意思?独自或独立完成,别混成 by my own

On your own 表示独自或不靠帮助。修好了洗衣机,想说是独立完成的,by my own 却不对:它混合了哪两种说法?

On your own 可以表示一个人、没有别人陪伴,也可以表示不靠别人帮助。第一种意思涉及陪伴:She lives on her own。第二种涉及帮助:I did the whole project on my own。物主代词随人称改变:on my own、on his own、on their own。

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on my/your/her own (= alone / without help); live/travel + on your own; do + something + on your own; by yourself

  • She moved to London at nineteen and lived on her own for the first time.
  • Our new colleague learned the booking software on his own in just two weeks.
  • I've travelled on my own a lot, and I actually enjoy the freedom.

修改原因

修改前I fixed the washing machine by my own and saved some money.

修改后I fixed the washing machine on my own and saved some money.

句子把两个正确表达混在一起:by myself 和 on my own。两者都可以表示独自或没有帮助,但 by 搭配 myself,own 这个结构搭配 on。不能拼成 by my own。

Cambridge Dictionary

On your own 只说明没有其他人在场,不直接说明感受。一个人因此难过、觉得孤独,则用 lonely:I live on my own, but I never feel lonely。By yourself 是意思相近的表达:I travelled by myself。

动手练习

My brother is only nine, so he can't stay at home ___ for the whole weekend.

(on his own / by his own)

查看答案

on his own — 这里说孩子在没有成年人陪伴的情况下留在家里,所以选 on his own。By his own 混合了 by himself 和 on his own,不是正确表达。

写一项没有参加课程、也没有老师指导而独立学会的技能。使用 on my own,说明学了什么,以及花了多久。

I learned to edit videos on my own, and it took me about three months.

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