ourselves

英 [ɑːˈselvz]

美 [ɑːrˈselvz]

pron.  (we的反身形式)我们自己; (用于强调或代替we或us)我们自己，亲自

中考高考CET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1994 / COCA.1766

习惯用语

pron.

(all) by ourselves
• （我们）独自，单独
  alone; without anyone else
• （我们）独力地
  without help
(all) to ourselves
• （完全）属于我们自己
  for us alone; not shared with anyone
• We had the pool all to ourselves.
  这个游泳池完全供我们自己使用。

牛津词典

pron.

• （we的反身形式）我们自己
  the reflexive form of we ; used when you and another person or other people together cause and are affected by an action
  1. We shouldn't blame ourselves for what happened.
     我们不应该为发生的事责怪自己。
  2. Let's just relax and enjoy ourselves.
     咱们轻松一下，好好享受享受。
  3. We'd like to see it for ourselves.
     我们想亲眼看看它。
• （用于强调或代替we或us）我们自己，亲自
  used to emphasize we or us ; sometimes used instead of these words
  1. We've often thought of going there ourselves.
     我们常想亲自到那里去一趟。
  2. The only people there were ourselves.
     那里仅有的人就是我们自己。

柯林斯词典

Ourselves is the first person plural reflexive pronoun. ourselves 是第一人称复数反身代词。


• PRON-REFL 我们自己
  You useourselvesto refer to yourself and one or more other people as a group.
  1. We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm...
     我们围坐在火边取暖。
  2. It was the first time we admitted to ourselves that we were tired.
     这是我们第一次承认自己累了。
• PRON-REFL （泛指）我们自己，人们自己（当主语和宾语为同一群人时，用作动词或介词的宾语）
  A speaker or writer sometimes usesourselvesto refer to people in general.Ourselvesis used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject refers to the same people.
  1. We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases.
     我们都知道太卖命了会导致心跳加速。
• PRON-REFL-EMPH （用于强调第一人称复数主语；在比较正式的英语中，有时代替 us 作动词或介词的宾语以示强调）我们自己，我们本人
  You useourselvesto emphasize a first person plural subject. In more formal English,ourselvesis sometimes used instead of 'us' as the object of a verb or preposition, for emphasis.
  1. Others are feeling just the way we ourselves would feel in the same situation...
     别人此时的感受和我们自己在同样的情形下时没什么两样。
  2. The people who will suffer won't be people like ourselves.
     受苦的不会是像我们这样的人。
• PRON-REFL-EMPH 我们自己;我们亲自
  If you say something such as 'We did itourselves', you are indicating that something was done by you and a particular group of other people, rather than anyone else.
  1. We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone.
     那是我们村民自己修建的，没有依靠任何人的帮助。

双语例句

• Between ourselves, I know he wants to marry her.
  我们私下说说，我知道他想娶她。
• We asked ourselves what we wanted from our management structure and who we wanted to head it up.
  我们问自己，我们想要自己的管理结构做些什么，希望它由谁来领导。
• We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm
  我们围坐在火边取暖。
• I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.
  我在想，我们卷入了怎样的纷争之中。
• Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God.
  我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。
• The people who will suffer won't be people like ourselves.
  受苦的不会是像我们这样的人。
• We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
  我们两个都一直在掐自己，证明这不是在做梦。
• We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.
  我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。
• It is through our nervous system that we adapt ourselves to our environment and to all external stimuli.
  我们是通过神经系统使自己适应环境及所有外部刺激的。
• Pat and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat
  我和帕特在没有船的情况下勉强又凑合了一个夏天。