1. The contemporary phenomenon of car worship is to be explained not least by the sense of independence and freedom that ownership entails.
    当前崇拜汽车现象可以用与所有权相伴的独立和自由意识来解释。

2. The feeling of private space and ownership no longer exists in houses literally piled one on the other.
    住在层层相叠的房子里再也没有那种私人空间和拥有的感觉了。

3. I am sure that, without modern weapons, I would make a very poor show of disputing the ownership of a cave with a bear,
    我断定，如果没有现代化的武器，要我和一只熊去争洞穴，我会出洋相的；