| 单词 | themselves |
| 释义 | themselves From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthemselvesthem‧selves /ðəmˈselvz/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun1 PERSON/PEOPLEused to show that the people who do something are affected by their own actionTeachers have no choice but to take measures to protect themselves.Our neighbours have just bought themselves a jacuzzi.The kids seem very pleased with themselves.2 EMPHASIZEused to emphasize the pronoun ‘they’, a plural noun etcDoctors themselves are the first to admit the treatment has side effects.3 PERSON/PEOPLEused after words like ‘everyone’, ‘anyone’, ‘no one’ etc when you talk about someone already mentioned and you do not know what sex they are or it is not important. Many teachers think this is not correct EnglishSomeone told me they’d actually seen the accident happen themselves. 4 → in themselves5 → (all) by themselves6 → (all) to themselves7 → not be/feel themselvesExamples from the Corpusthemselves• Those guys only talk about themselves.• Why don't they just do it themselves?• Everyone I know who has tried it has hurt themselves somehow. |
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