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

• We should inure ourselves to hard life.
  我们应该使自己习惯艰苦生活。
• 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 have to get our act together — we have to organize ourselves.
  我们必须把劲儿往一处使——我们得组织起来。
• 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。
• We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
  我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。
• You have to let us struggle for ourselves, even if we must die in the process.
  你得让我们为自己拼搏，哪怕我们会在这个过程中死去。
• We should all give ourselves time to reflect
  我们都应该给自己时间好好想想。
• We may find ourselves dragged into new wars and new threats of wars.
  我们可能会发现我们自己被扯到新的战争或新战争的威胁中去了。
• We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.
  我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。
• We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.
  我们要急起直追，否则就太晚了。