| 单词 | to be themselves |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be themselves 4. to be themselves: to be in their normal condition of mind, body, or behaviour. ΚΠ 1698 M. Lister in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 247 They came so out of their Fits, that they were also well and as much themselves as ever. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 379 Yet those..are always as lean as Skeletons, and seldom themselves. a1756 T. Pyle Sixty Serm. Plain & Pract. Subj. (1776) ii. 29 To be as truly themselves, when acting..unseen, as when seen and extolled. 1838 W. Ware Probus I. 151 Even then when they are most themselves, there has a dullness, a dreamy absence of mind, a fixed sadness, come over them. 1920 Internat. Studio June 86/2 It was sufficient for him that they were human beings living under conditions in which they could be simply themselves. 1991 D. Stafford & L. Hodgkinson Codependency 132 As children they are never allowed to be themselves, but always feel they must play a part. < as lemmas |
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