| 单词 | ourselves |
| 释义 | ourselvesourselves /aʊɚˈsɛlvz, ɑr-/ ●●● S2 W2 pronoun 1[reflexive form of “we”] used to show that you and the other people that you are speaking or writing about are affected by your own actions: We prepared ourselves for the hike. We kept some of the food for ourselves.2the strong form of “we,” used to emphasize the subject or object of a sentence: We started this business ourselves. We ourselves were unaware of what was about to happen.3 (also (all) by ourselves) without help from anyone else: We built the porch ourselves.4(all) by ourselves alone: This year we wanted to take a vacation by ourselves.5(all) to ourselves not having to share something with any other people: When Sarah goes to college we’ll finally have the house to ourselves.6used instead of “us” after some prepositions, for example “as,” “about,” and “of,” when “we” is used earlier in the sentence: We live among people who have the same opinions as ourselves.7be ourselves to feel or behave in the way you usually do, or in the way you want to do: We all want a relationship in which we can be ourselves. → see also yourself |
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