单词 | itself |
释义 | itself From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishitselfit‧self /ɪtˈself/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun [reflexive form of ‘it’]1 XXused to show that a thing, organization, animal, or baby that does something is affected by its own action The cat lay on the sofa, washing itself. The machine switches itself off when the process is complete. a small local enterprise that has transformed itself into a highly successful company2 IN CHARGE OFused to emphasize that you are talking about one particular thing, organization etc We’ve checked the wiring, so the problem may be the television itself.3 → in/of itself4 → (all) by itself 5 → (all) to itself6 → be patience/kindness/simplicity etc itselfExamples from the Corpusitself• The bird was looking at itself in the mirror.• The tape player shuts itself off when it's done.• The meeting itself was quite interesting. |
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