themselves
英 [e(?)m'selvz]
美 [e?m's?lvz]
英文詞源
- themselves (pron.)
- mid-15c. in northern dialect, standard from 1540s, alteration of Middle English tham-self, emphatic plural pronoun, also reciprocal pronoun (14c.); see them + self, with self, originally an inflected adjective, treated as a noun with a meaning "person" and pluralized. Displacing Old English heom selfum (dative). Themself returned late 20c. as some writers took to replacing himself with gender-neutral everyone, anyone, etc.
雙語例句
- 1. These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.
- 這些大機(jī)構(gòu)總是隨意制定規(guī)定，而且說變就變。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. People will work themselves up into a state about anything.
- 人們總會(huì)沉不住氣，為任何事感到擔(dān)憂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In many respects Asian women see themselves as equal to their men.
- 在很多方面，亞洲女性都認(rèn)為自己和丈夫是平等的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The small British crowd roared themselves hoarse, waving their Union Jacks.
- 一小群英國人揮舞著國旗，吼得嗓子都沙啞了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Those people who took up weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners.
- 那些拿起武器自衛(wèi)的人是些政治犯。
來自柯林斯例句