1. own: if you own something,
especially something big like a house, a car, or a company, it is your property
and you have the legal right to have it
例：
We don't own the apartment, we're just
renting it. （這房子不是我們的，我們只是租客。）
Clark owns about 40 companies in northern
Europe. （克拉克在北歐大約擁有40家公司。）
They stayed in a villa once owned by the
writer, Somerset Maugham. （他們住的別墅的前主人是作家薩默塞特·毛姆。）
privately owned (=owned by an individual person, not by a company or government)
In National Parks, although the land is privately
owned, there are strict controls on the use of the land. （國(guó)家公園的土地雖然是私人所有，但是關(guān)于土地使用還是有嚴(yán)格規(guī)定。）
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2. have: to own something,
especially something that ordinary people are likely to own
備注：英式英語(yǔ)中常用''have
got''。
例：
We don't have a TV. （我們沒有電視。）
How many of your students have a computer? （你班上學(xué)生有多少人有電腦的？）
What kind of car has she got? （她的車是哪一種的？）
I've worked hard for everything I've got. （我現(xiàn)在擁有的一切都是我努力工作得來(lái)的。）
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3. possess: to own something - use
this especially in negative sentences to say that someone does not own
something that most people own
備注：''possess''常用于正式的場(chǎng)合，常用于否定句中。
例：
Very few families in this area possess a
telephone. （這個(gè)地方?jīng)]幾家有電話的。）
He never wore a suit—I don't think he
possessed one. （他從不穿西裝，我覺得他根本沒有西裝。）
Because of his gambling, he lost everything
he possessed. （他賭博輸?shù)袅艘磺?。?/span>
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4. control/have control of: to own a
larger part of a company than other people so that you have power to make
decisions about that company
例：
The Johnson family has effective control of
the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. （瓊森家族擁有這個(gè)公司將近60%的股份，牢牢掌控著這個(gè)公司。）
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5. hold:
to own part of a company because you own a number of the equal parts into which
it is divided; to officially own or possess money, a document, etc.
例：
Do you hold a valid passport? （你持有在有效期內(nèi)的護(hù)照嗎？）
a privately held company（私企）
She works for Le Monde, where the staff
hold a significant stake in the company. （她在《世界報(bào)》上班，《世界報(bào)》大部分股份是掌握在員工手里的。）
a situation in which a husband and wife
both hold shares in a family company（夫妻雙方都擁有這個(gè)家族企業(yè)的部分股份）
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6. have a stake
in: to own part of a company and therefore be able to have a share
in the money it makes 擁有股份
例：
Labatt beer has a 45% stake in the Blue
Jays baseball team. （Labatt啤酒持有多倫多藍(lán)鳥隊(duì)45%的股份。）
She has a stake in her husband's company,
which she will have to give up if they divorce. （她擁有她丈夫公司部分股份，如果他倆離婚，這部分股份她就得放棄。）
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7. interest:
if a person, company, or government has an interest in a business, they own
part of that business
例：
controlling interest (=a large enough part of the company or business to give you the
power to make decisions about it)
In 1986 GM acquired a controlling interest
in the sports car maker Lotus. （1986年，通用得到了跑車制造商“蓮花”的大部分股份。）
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