its

英 [ɪts]

美 [ɪts]

det.  (指事物、动物或婴儿)它的，他的，她的

中考高考CET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.58 / COCA.78

牛津词典

det.

• （指事物、动物或婴儿）它的，他的，她的
  belonging to or connected with a thing, an animal or a baby
  1. Turn the box on its side.
     把箱子侧着立起来。
  2. Have you any idea of its value?
     你知道它的价值吗？
  3. The dog had hurt its paw.
     狗弄伤了爪子。
  4. The baby threw its food on the floor.
     婴儿把食物扔到地板上了。

柯林斯词典

Its is a third person singular possessive determiner. its 是第三人称单数所有格限定词。


• 它的，他的，她的(用于表示某物属于某东西、地方、动物、婴儿等)
  You useitsto indicate that something belongs or relates to a thing, place, or animal that has just been mentioned or whose identity is known. You can useitsto indicate that something belongs or relates to a child or baby.
  1. The British Labor Party concludes its annual conference today in Brighton.
     英国工党的年度会议今天在布赖顿闭幕。
  2. ...Japan, with its extreme housing shortage...
     住房严重短缺的日本
  3. The dog lifted its head, listening...
     那条狗抬起头,竖耳倾听。
  4. I met one woman whose tiny baby had just died and whose other child was fighting for its life.
     我遇到了一个女人,她那一点点大的小宝宝刚刚死去,另一个孩子也在死亡线上挣扎。

Do not confuseitsandit's.Itsmeans 'belonging to it'.It'sis short for 'it is' or 'it has'.The horse raised its head... It's hot in here… It's stopped raining.
切勿混淆 its 和 it's。its 表示“它的”，而 it's 是 it is 或 it has 的缩合形式：The horse raised its head (马抬起头)，It's hot in here (这儿很热)，It's stopped raining (雨已经停了)。

双语例句

• The book's strength lay in its depiction of present-day Tokyo.
  该书的精彩之处在于其对现今东京的描写。
• The country is planning a major overhaul of its highways.
  该国正计划对全国公路进行大规模的检修。
• The interplay between the new politics and the modern media will unbalance the political process and inhibit its workings.
  新政治和现代媒体之间的相互作用将会扰乱政治进程，妨碍其正常运作。
• It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates
  它批评主要承包商在其最初估价中犯了严重的错误。
• The new government will make a judgment about its interests and act accordingly.
  新政府将对其利害得失作出判断，并采取相应的行动。
• The dog lifted its head, listening
  那条狗抬起头，竖耳倾听。
• Bristol regained its status as a city in the local government reorganisation.
  布里斯托尔在地方政府重组过程中重新获得了自己作为一个城市的法律地位。
• Years of civil war have wrecked the country's infrastructure and destroyed its social fabric.
  经年内战已破坏了国家的基础设施，摧毁了其社会结构。
• This has forced the United States to seriously reconsider its position
  这迫使美国重新认真考虑自己的立场。
• Its real purpose is the launching and retrieval of small aeroplanes in flight.
  它真正的用途是发射和收回飞行中的小型飞机。