单词 | ourselves |
释义 | our·selves /aʊəˈselvz $ aʊr-/ ●●● S1 W3 pronoun 1 PERSONALLY/YOURSELFused by the person speaking to show that they and one or more other people are affected by their own action 我们自己 We prepared ourselves for the long journey ahead. 我们为将要开始的长途旅行做好了准备。 It was strange seeing ourselves on television. 在电视上看到自己感觉很奇怪。2 EMPHASIZE a) used to emphasize ‘we’ or ‘us’ 我们自己,我们亲自〔用于强调we或us〕 We built the house ourselves. 我们自己盖了这房子。 As parents ourselves, we understand the problem. 身为家长,我们理解这个问题。 b) used after ‘as’, ‘like’, or ‘except’ instead of ‘us’ 我们〔用在as,like,except的后面代替us〕 More help is needed for people like ourselves. 像我们这样的人需要更多的帮助。3 (all) by ourselves a) ALONEalone 我们独自 We weren’t supposed to play by ourselves near the pond. 我们不可以独自在池塘边玩耍。 b) HELPwithout help from anyone else 我们独力地,单靠我们自己地 I knew that Tim and I wouldn’t be able to do the whole job by ourselves. 我知道单靠蒂姆和我是无法完成全部工作的。4 (all) to ourselves SHAREwithout having to share something with any other people 完全属于我们自己 We had the house to ourselves. 我们完全拥有这栋房子。Examples from the Corpusourselves• We started this business ourselves.• Sometimes it's hard for us to think of ourselves as adults.• We have to ask ourselves if we could have helped him more.• We ourselves were unaware of what was about to happen.our·selves pronounChineseSyllable speaking that to and one the they used by Corpus show person |
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