| 词汇 | ourselves |
| 释义 | ourselvesWord family pronounournoursourselvesadjectiveour 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。 Examples from the Corpus (all) by ourselves• This year we wanted to take a vacation by ourselves.• We can manage very well by ourselves.• We built the wall all by ourselves.• And when the blur does clear, we imagine that we have made it do so all by ourselves.• Our car was half full, and we were assigned to a row by ourselves.• The walls of our imprisonment were there before we appeared on the scene, but they are ever rebuilt by ourselves.• We believe we should resolve our issues by ourselves...• This information will be considered by ourselves at the key features review and due diligence stages.• Kip and I would have been helpless, by ourselves, in the situation, and Martinez probably intuited it.• These services will be provided either directly by ourselves or by independently contracted suppliers. 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 Corpus (all) to ourselves• When Sarah goes to college we'll finally have the house to ourselves.• But in private we are comfortable living with ourselves - we just don't always admit it to ourselves.• Keeping up with the day-to-day pressure of everyday life leaves little time to devote to ourselves.• They were always there if we needed a babysitter or some time to ourselves.• We continually talk to ourselves about them, losing force all the time, and feel that we are very badly treated.• We spoke too much to ourselves, and not enough to other people.• And like Persephone, we will return, to ourselves, and to our ancestral beginnings.• And among the primary vehicles families use to mirror us to ourselves are the family stories we hear about ourselves.• We travelled clandestinely by helicopter one evening and kept strictly to ourselves what we saw there. Examples from the Corpus ourselves• 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. |
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