介詞短語8-In his own right

英文片語 “In one’s own right” 是什麼意思？

撰文者： Wayne 發表日期： August 7, 2009 – 4:03 am

版主讀文章時偶爾會看見這種用法：She is a peeress in her own right. (她本身就是貴族。) => not merely by marriage to a peer.

這裡的 “right” 是指「依法所獲得的權利」(because of a personal claim or qualification)。有時可泛指「依靠自己的能力或本身的論述而達成某種結果或成就」 (by reason of one’s own ability or ownership)，如下：

* She’s a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance.
(她憑自己的力量，不依賴遺產而成為女富豪。)

* an excellent novel in its own right
(絕佳的小說 - 因為內容引人入勝，而非書商強力推銷。)

* Koolhaas founded OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture) with other architects in 1975. They were later joined by one of Koolhaas’s students, Zaha Hadid - who would soon go on to achieve success in her own right. (依靠自己努力而成功)

source: http://english.ecominfozone.net/archives/2577