| 单词 | oneself |
| 释义 | oneself (wʌnself ) language note: Oneself is a third person singular reflexive pronoun. 1. pronoun A speaker or writer uses oneself as the object of a verb or preposition in a clause where 'oneself' meaning 'me' or 'any person in general' refers to the same person as the subject of the verb. [formal] One must apply oneself to the present and keep one's eyes firmly fixed on one's future goals. To work one must have time to oneself. 2. pronoun Oneself can be used as the object of a verb or preposition, when 'one' is not present but is understood to be the subject of the verb. [formal] The historic feeling of the town makes it a pleasant place to base oneself. The only guarantee of having a cabin to oneself is by travelling first class. It's so easy to feel sorry for oneself. The doll-like figures in these stories are unlike anybody, let alone oneself. 3. emphatic reflexive pronoun To do something oneself means to do it without any help from anyone else. [formal] It is a very rewarding exercise to work this out oneself. Some things one must do oneself. 4. emphatic reflexive pronoun You use oneself to emphasize that something happens to you rather than to people in general. [formal, emphasis] Translations: Chinese: 自己 Japanese: 自分自身 |
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