its

det.

1. （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。

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


1. 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 use its to indicate that something belongs or relates to a thing, place, or animal that has just been mentioned or whose identity is known. You can use its to 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 confuse its and it's. Its means 'belonging to it'. It's is 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)。

1. 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。
2. Simon's book provides a succinct outline of artificial intelligence and its application to robotics.
   西蒙的书简明扼要地概括了人工智能及其在机器人技术方面的应用。
3. I was astounded by its beauty
   它的美丽震撼了我。
4. The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity
   这个地区因其煤炭资源丰富和发电能力巨大而备受重视。
5. 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。
6. Its history is expressive of the character and development of the people who possess it.
   它的历史体现了其拥有者的性格特征和发展过程。
7. 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。
8. The committee held its founding congress in the capital, Riga
   委员会在首都里加召开了成立大会。
9. This made its mini-computers incompatible with its mainframes
   这就使得它的微型计算机与它的大型主机不兼容。
10. The company has increased the price of its cars
    公司已经提高了汽车价格。
11. 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。
12. The dog lifted its head, listening
    那条狗抬起头，竖耳倾听。
13. 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。
14. Scientific work is differentiated from art by its necessary connection with the idea of progress.
    科学工作与艺术的区别在于它与人类进步有着必然联系。
15. The American edition of 'Cloud Street' is already in its third printing.
    美国版的《云街》已经是第三次印刷了。
16. 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。
17. The European Union has proposed new regulations to control the hours worked by its employees
    欧盟已经就其雇员工作时间的控制问题拟定了新的规章。
18. 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。
19. The revolutionaries laid down their arms and its leaders went into voluntary exile.
    革命者放下了武器，其领导人也自愿流亡他国了。
20. I'm willing to work for the party because its interests and my interests are one and the same.
    我愿意为该党效力，因为它的利益和我的利益完全一致。
21. The company is offering you the chance to share in its success
    公司正向你提供分享其成功的机会。
22. 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。
23. America values its economic leadership, and the political and military strength that goes with it
    美国重视其经济领导地位以及随之产生的政治和军事实力。
24. 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。
25. The government has announced the terms of reference for its proposed committee of inquiry.
    政府已经公布了拟议成立的调查委员会的职权范围。
26. 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。
27. The cloth has lost its colour.
    这布掉色了。
28. 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。
29. Each side set forth its position on this question.
    各方阐述了自己对这一问题的立场。