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单词 himself
释义 him·self
\(h)imˈ ̷ ̷, ēmˈ ̷ ̷\ pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English him selfum, dative, him himself, from him + selfum, dative of self — more at self
1. : that identical male one : that identical one regarded as masculine (as by personification) : that identical one whose sex is unknown or immaterial — compare he I; used (1) reflexively as object of a preposition or direct or indirect object of a verb
 < everyone must look out for himself >
 < in those days Providence was still busying himself with everybody's affairs — Arnold Bennett >
 < he got himself a new suit >
(2) for emphasis in apposition with he, who, that, or a noun
 < he himself informed me >
 < he informed me himself >
 < the composer himself conducted the symphony >
 < the composer conducted the symphony himself >
 < criticizing the king's advisers and the king himself >
 < the judge, who had once been a lawyer himself >
(3) for emphasis instead of nonreflexive him as object of a preposition or direct or indirect object of a verb
 < his income supports his wife and himself >
(4) for emphasis instead of he or instead of he himself as subject of a verb
 < he was never influenced in art by any fashions save those himself created — Osbert Sitwell >
or as predicate nominative
 < he has only one loyal disciple and that is himself >
or in comparisons after than or as
 < he associated mainly with people younger than himself >
(5) in absolute constructions
 < himself simple, fair-minded, unhappy, he comes in contact with the more extravagant varieties of Americans abroad — Carl Van Doren >
2. : his normal, healthy, or sane condition
 < he came to himself >
: his normal, healthy, or sane self
 < ill for some time, he is now himself again >
3. Irish & Scotland : a man of consequence; especially : the master of the house
 < she has … breakfast on the table before himself is up — Cahir Healy >
4. : yourself — used in speaking to or as if to a baby
 < did he hurt himself >
— used in some English dialects in addressing a boy or a person of higher or lower social status than the speaker; compare he I 4
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