themselves是什么意思？

themselves

英[ðəmˈselvz] 美[ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ðəm-]

• pron. 他[她，它]们自己，他们亲自，“himself”的复数，“herself”的复数；

例句

• The women formed themselves into three groups. 妇女们把自己编成三个组。
• They refused to resign themselves to defeat. 他们从不甘心失败。
• They flattered themselves that they would win. 他们自信一定会赢。
• It's good for students to puzzle things out for themselves. 让学生们自己思索解决难题很有好处。
• Those thieves have helped themselves to my jewels. 那些盗贼已盗走了我的宝石饰物。
• Animals adjust themselves to their environment. 动物能适应自己生活的环境。
• The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves. 没有人为两位老人做家务; 他们得自己照顾自己。
• The children didn't know what to do with themselves as Christmas drew near. 圣诞节即将到来, 孩子们坐立不安了。
• Everybody knew they could not save themselves from defeat there. 谁都知道他们无法摆脱在那里失败的命运。
• The children use water wings to keep themselves up in the water while they're learning to swim. 孩子们在学游泳时常用浮圈使自己浮在水面。

词组

• (not) be themselves
  见be 条 be oneself, not be oneself
• (all) by themselves
  1. （他们）独自，单独 2. （他们）独立地
• Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
  积少自然成多。
• speak for itself/themselves
  不言而喻；有目共睹
• the facts speak for themselves
  事实足以说明一切

英语四级真题

Prepare themselves for different job options.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lot of unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
They focus too much attention on themselves.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PRON-REFL
  他们自己;她们自己;它们自己
  You use themselves to refer to people, animals, or things when the object of a verb or preposition refers to the same people or things as the subject of the verb.
  例句
  They all seemed to be enjoying themselves... 他们好像玩得都很开心。 The men talked amongst themselves... 那些男人一起聊着天。
• PRON-REFL-EMPH
  他们自己，她们自己，它们自己(强调所指的人或物，有时用作动词或介词宾语，代替 them)
  You use themselves to emphasize the people or things that you are referring to. Themselves is also sometimes used instead of 'them' as the object of a verb or preposition.
  例句
  Many mentally ill people are themselves unhappy about the idea of community care... 许多精神病患者本身不喜欢社区护理。 Cities themselves are changing rapidly... 城市自身在日新月异地变化。
• PRON-REFL
  (用以代替himself or herself，指代句子的主语，而不指明是男是女;有人认为这种用法不对)
  You use themselves instead of 'himself or herself' to refer back to the person who is the subject of sentence without saying whether it is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
  例句
  What can a patient with emphysema do to help themselves?... 肺气肿病人能做些什么来帮助自己恢复健康？ Nobody was prepared to commit themselves. 谁都不愿作出承诺。
• PRON-REFL-EMPH
  (用以代替 himself or herself，强调所指代的人，但是不指明是男是女; themselves 有时也用作动词或介词的宾语;有人认为这种用法不对)
  You use themselves instead of 'himself or herself' to emphasize the person you are referring to without saying whether it is a man or a woman. Themselves is also sometimes used as the object of a verb or preposition. Some people think this use is incorrect.
  例句
  Each student makes only one item themselves... 每个学生自己只做一项。 After all, what more can anyone be than themselves? 毕竟，人们除了做自己又能怎样呢？

英汉词典释义

• pron.
  他[她, 它]们自己
  You had better ask the students themselves. 你最好问问那些学生本人。