单词	themselves
释义	themselvesthem‧selves /ðəmˈselvz/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Do you think they killed themselves? Everyone I know who has tried it has hurt themselves somehow. Those guys only talk about themselves. Why don't they just do it themselves? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► amused themselves  The kids amused themselves playing hide-and-seek. ► purging themselves  Anorexics may overeat before purging themselves or vomiting. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► not be/feel themselves► in themselves The carvings are works of art in themselves, even disregarding their religious significance. Additionally, the bibliographic records owned by both Libraries are in themselves commercially valuable. Some letters were pictures in themselves, containing miniature dragons, wyverns, centaurs and other mythical beasts. The design and administration of transitional rules in themselves suggest high short-run costs that may well outweigh discounted long-run benefits. The photographs from Salomon Brothers' annual reports tell a tale in themselves. The ritual and the rules were never simply an end in themselves. Web pages used to be a miracle in themselves. While standard educational practices are not in themselves root causes of work inhibition, these practices usually exacerbate the problem. Words in themselves are seldom either active or inert. ► (all) by themselves I'm hoping these spots will go away by themselves. They are both old enough to go to the pool by themselves. But parents are... waiting for kids to be able to go to the movies and the mall by themselves. But reasons of identification and self-definition can not by themselves establish the legitimacy of an authority. He sounded matter-of-fact, as if nine-year-old kids commonly hung out by themselves in his lobby. If anything is worth while in life at all, some things must be good in and by themselves. It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves. Two pairs of dates by themselves tell the story. Women can be happy by themselves. Women may not be free to walk by themselves along the streets. ► (all) to themselves They had the whole beach to themselves. And they like it to themselves. And they say to themselves, what will last? But they like to keep their political preferences to themselves. I thought the fund was to help Gaels speak to the rest of us and not only to themselves. I wanted to see these amazing sportsmen at home and in their own environment, where they remain true to themselves. Right now, the Howards are just grateful for some time to themselves. Their survival is vital, not only to themselves, but to large companies which depend on their products and services. You know who talks to themselves the most? PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► among yourselves/ourselves/themselves Augie and I sat alone, and only Bob Cuffy came to talk to us, the others remaining among themselves. Bioethicists disagree among themselves, both in the clinical setting and on matters of public policy. But they might, just might, talk among themselves. First, if the political parties can not reach agreement among themselves, the President must become involved in the negotiations. People began to talk among themselves, others to drift off. The Huntington Beach mayor is chosen by council members from among themselves by seniority. The jockeys then completed nearly a circuit at a gradually increasing pace before deciding among themselves to pull up. We know that many among ourselves have given themselves to bondage that they might ransom others. ► the facts speak for themselves She obviously knows what she's doing - the facts speak for themselves. Autoseeker speaks to the thief - the facts speak for themselves. Concerning investigation into the conditions endured by animals in laboratories, the facts speak for themselves. In such a case the purchaser may plead res ipsa loquitur - the facts speak for themselves. Mark answered in the traditional matter-of-fact manner, parading all the relevant factors and letting the facts speak for themselves. ► go fuck yourself/himself/themselves etc► somebody has to pinch themselves► give somebody enough rope to hang themselves► save somebody from themselves There also was a subtle shift in defensive emphasis and a major one on offense that combined to save them from themselves. ► speak for itself/themselves He's a good coach - his success speaks for itself. Again, we begin by letting the managers speak for themselves. But the history of the family speaks for itself. I think the above account speaks for itself. Kahn believed that his work spoke for itself. The account mainly speaks for itself. The arrangement seemed to speak for itself: Alice, the true love. They simply put it out and let the music speak for itself. Yet the belief that a videotape somehow speaks for itself persisted. ► take somebody out of themselves Ain't you ever heard of taking people out of themselves? 1used to show that the people who do something are affected by their own action:  Teachers have no choice but to take measures to protect themselves. Our neighbours have just bought themselves a jacuzzi. The kids seem very pleased with themselves.2used to emphasize the pronoun ‘they’, a plural noun etc:  Doctors themselves are the first to admit the treatment has side effects.3used after words like ‘everyone’, ‘anyone’, ‘no one’ etc when you talk about someone already mentioned and you do not know what sex they are or it is not important. Many teachers think this is not correct English:  Someone told me they’d actually seen the accident happen themselves.4in themselves (also in and of themselves) considered without other related ideas or situations:  The carvings are works of art in themselves, even disregarding their religious significance.5(all) by themselves a)alone:  older people who are living all by themselves b)without help from anyone else:  Did the children make the model all by themselves?6(all) to themselves if people have something to themselves, they do not have to share it with anyone:  They had the whole beach to themselves.7not be/feel themselves if people are not themselves, they do not feel or behave in the way they usually do because they are nervous, upset, or ill
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