themselves

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ð(ə)m'selvz]
• 美式音标 [ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ðəm-]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• pron.他/她/它们自己；他/她/它们亲自；指性别不详的人时用以代替himself或herself
• himself/herself/itself的复数.

同根派生

用法辨析

pron. (代词)

• themselves是复数第三人称反身代词,在句中多用作宾语,有时也可用在主语或宾语之后充当同位语,此时多表示强调,作主语的同位语时还可置于句尾。themselves偶尔也可用作主语和表语。
• themselves有时与某些动词(短语)搭配可指“身心处于正常状态”。

英汉例句

用作代词 (pron.)

• They washed themselves in the river.
  他们在河里洗澡。

词组短语

短语

• Themselves they 独木难支
• Extricate themselves 不可自拔;涓嶆垚自拔
• themselves to 适合于
• By themselves 他
• express themselves 表达他们的想法

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• used when the subject of the verb is "they" or a group of people, and the object is the same group of people

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
• 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.
• You use themselves instead of "himself or herself" to refer back to the person who is the subject of the sentence without saying whether it is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
• 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.
• &rarrsee also ourselves