themselves

pronoun

/ðəmˈselvz/

Idioms

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(the reflexive form of they) used when people or animals performing an action are also affected by it
- They seemed to be enjoying themselves.
- The children were arguing amongst themselves.
- They've bought themselves a new car.
used instead of himself or herself to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known
- There wasn't anyone who hadn't enjoyed themselves.
Although this use of themselves is fairly common, especially in spoken English, many people think it is not correct.
used to emphasize they or a plural subject
- They themselves had had a similar experience.
- Don and Julie paid for it themselves.

Idioms

(all) by themselves

(all) to themselves

单词	themselves
释义	themselves pronoun /ðəmˈselvz/ /ðəmˈselvz/ Idioms jump to other results (the reflexive form of they) used when people or animals performing an action are also affected by it They seemed to be enjoying themselves. The children were arguing amongst themselves. They've bought themselves a new car. used instead of himself or herself to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known There wasn't anyone who hadn't enjoyed themselves. Although this use of themselves is fairly common, especially in spoken English, many people think it is not correct. used to emphasize they or a plural subject They themselves had had a similar experience. Don and Julie paid for it themselves. Idioms (all) by themselves alone; without anyone else They wanted to spend the evening by themselves. without help They did the cooking by themselves. (all) to themselves for only them to have or use; not shared with others
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