under one's own steam

介词短语
中文释义
英 /ˌʌndə ˈwʌnz əʊn ˈstiːm/    美 /ˌʌndɚ ˈwʌnz oʊn ˈstim/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Of the movement of a locomotive or a watercraft: by means of the power of its own engines (originally steam engines), rather than pulled or pushed by another vehicle.
    — Now the tug no longer moved under her own steam, nor had it been since coming alongside the wall of the central pier. For all vessels must be towed through the lock basins, and towed not by other craft, but by electric locomotives that run alongside, on top of the concrete walls.
  2. Using one's own resources; independently, unaided. figuratively,idiomatic
    — "People come at their own risk, at their own expense, under their own steam," said Mhairi McKenzie-Robinson, chief administrator of the Fringe [Edinburgh Fringe Festival].
  3. At one's own initiative; of one's own accord, unbidden, unprompted. figuratively,idiomatic
    — I'd been wanting her to go for a long, long time, hoping she'd get up the gumption to do it under her own steam so I wouldn't have to make a scene about it.

词源

A reference to the operation of a steam engine: see sense 1.
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