| 单词 | themselves |
| 释义 | them·selves 1. < they keep their plans to themselves > < nations that govern themselves > < they are getting themselves an incinerator > (2) for emphasis in apposition with they, who, which, that, or a noun < they themselves were surprised > < some who themselves were very busy nevertheless took the time to help others > < postcards which themselves supply the skeleton of the message — Randall Jarrell > < people that enjoy a game of bridge themselves > < the teachers themselves were as glad as the pupils when the school year ended > (3) for emphasis instead of nonreflexive them as object of a preposition or direct or indirect object of a verb < their combined salaries support their children and themselves > (4) for emphasis instead of they or instead of they themselves as predicate nominative < there is someone they can always depend on and that is themselves > or in comparisons after than or as < they envied us though we were as poor as themselves > or as part of a compound subject < to get their education as themselves or their neglectful government might see fit — S.A.Allibone > or archaically or dialectally as only subject of a verb < some … can render no ill services, in recompense for what themselves required — William Wordsworth > (5) in absolute constructions < themselves bankrupt morally and economically, the landowners have sought to prevent and retard government intervention — Mario Einaudi > 2. < both persons involved in the accident were in a state of shock for a time but soon came to themselves > : their normal, healthy, or sane selves < after a good night's rest they were themselves again > 3. < nobody can call themselves oppressed — Leonard Wibberley > |
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