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单词 itself
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Definition of itself in English:

itself

pronoun ɪtˈsɛlfɪtˈsɛlf
  • 1third person singular reflexive Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a thing or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause.

    his horse hurt itself
    the company has established itself as a leader in the field
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As dawn was beginning to show itself, the horse stopped and refused to walk any further.
    • First, when we realize that what we are saying is a direct and perfect expression of itself.
    • It has hurt itself financially, and the turn to the Right in this country is very serious.
    • He already feels a review of the way the company markets itself to potential clients may be called for.
    • The horse allows itself to be groomed and you honor the horse by grooming him.
    • Neither as witty nor as intelligent as it believes itself to be, the book is however ambitious.
    • For example, a tower of cubes can bend itself over at a right angle to pick up another cube.
    • The king of those younger peers will be drawing attention to itself this week.
    • Is the same quality not to be applauded when it manifests itself in isolation?
    • In all the warmer parts of the earth this form stamps itself in grand simplicity on the landscape.
    • Yet the Treasury simply switched off all hearing aids and neatly absolved itself of blame.
    • A glance at the fixture list, and you wonder if the cycle is about to perpetuate itself afresh.
    • The Alliance never managed to establish itself as a party with credible policies.
    • That is the situation in which discredited insurer Equitable Life has found itself.
    • I haven't even come out in pimples as reassuring evidence of my body purifying itself.
    • Is this not the same publication which prides itself on maximum prurience every Sunday?
    • This is a kind of grafting in a new position of part of an animal upon itself.
    • This dubious gift manifests itself just before take-off on a school trip to France.
    • It has spread like a virus from Kabul and Kandahar and established itself in every part of the globe.
    • All of this means that SAS could find itself subject to a bid from a bigger rival.
  • 2emphatic third person singular Used to emphasize a particular thing or animal mentioned.

    the roots are several inches long, though the plant itself is only a foot tall
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its marketing focus needs to be on the consumer, rather than the service itself.
    • The horse itself will not ever perform well if it does not have a good groom.
    • The irony is made only more perfect by the absolute lack thereof on the site itself.
    • The very existence of the subject itself already imposes a terrible ethical burden.
    • So followers of the affect of the draw were hoping for a horse drawn low to land the big race itself.
    • In any event certainty is best achieved by express words in the arbitration clause itself.
    • The shadow of the other festivals is to blame, but so too is the weakening of the arts programme itself.
    • That memorial itself will be the subject of a separate international competition.
    • I would add that the jurisdiction clause itself is in terms which are in no way exceptional.
    • I don't like the fact that the argument for total subjectivity is itself universal.
    • The monarchy itself will increasingly suffer from this politics of benign neglect.
    • It is quite possible for a name to refer to something of which it, itself, is part.
    • History often refers to both the past itself, and to what historians write about the past.
    • The meter itself is in perfect condition it was only the leather case that had gone a bit moth eaten.
    • This was because the exercise of such discretion was itself subject to judicial review.
    • This goes against previous theories that the virus itself is responsible for deaths.
    • The shuttle bus from the Villa San Michele brought me down to the Arno Valley and the city itself.
    • Things here are changing fast, not only in Hong Kong itself but also its outlying islands.
    • This could be seen as a metaphor for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic.
    • The coffee itself is better than some, not as good as others, but profanely overpriced.
    • The ego is itself the centre of consciousness and it is what we refer to when we use the terms I or me.
    1. 2.1 Used after a quality to emphasize what a perfect example of that quality someone or something is.
      Mrs Vincent was kindness itself
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are wonderful reminders of the enduring mystery and magic that is childhood itself.

Phrases

  • in itself

    • Viewed in its essential qualities; considered separately from other things.

      some would say bringing up a family was a full-time job in itself
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That almost seems a job in itself - I hope you get out of the morass of paperwork soon.
      • But to finish as the second best side in the country is a great achievement in itself.
      • While the Peat Inn is a destination in itself, there is plenty to do in the surrounding region.
      • This in itself demonstrates how much territory we have surrendered to the criminals.
      • Kant was clearly of the view that majority voting does not in itself produce legitimate law.
      • A work can be a concert in itself, and a concert as tightly structured as a work.
      • That in itself is not sufficient, in our view, to give rise to a special removal situation.
      • If this wasn't in itself an imperishable unintended satire of the right, there is more.
      • Using the stuff is an art in itself - apply directly from the bottle or to dab on the finger first?
      • On such a view, it is not in itself good if people are equally well off, or bad if they are not.
      • While a small point in itself, it is in our view another pointer against such a relationship.
      Synonyms
      in itself, of itself, by itself, as such, intrinsically

Origin

Old English (see it1, self).

Rhymes

elf, herself, himself, myself, oneself, ourself, self, shelf, themself, thyself, yourself
 
 

Definition of itself in US English:

itself

pronounitˈselfɪtˈsɛlf
  • 1reflexive Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a thing or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause.

    his horse hurt itself
    wisteria was tumbling over itself
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Is this not the same publication which prides itself on maximum prurience every Sunday?
    • Neither as witty nor as intelligent as it believes itself to be, the book is however ambitious.
    • All of this means that SAS could find itself subject to a bid from a bigger rival.
    • As dawn was beginning to show itself, the horse stopped and refused to walk any further.
    • Yet the Treasury simply switched off all hearing aids and neatly absolved itself of blame.
    • This dubious gift manifests itself just before take-off on a school trip to France.
    • I haven't even come out in pimples as reassuring evidence of my body purifying itself.
    • He already feels a review of the way the company markets itself to potential clients may be called for.
    • The king of those younger peers will be drawing attention to itself this week.
    • For example, a tower of cubes can bend itself over at a right angle to pick up another cube.
    • It has hurt itself financially, and the turn to the Right in this country is very serious.
    • Is the same quality not to be applauded when it manifests itself in isolation?
    • That is the situation in which discredited insurer Equitable Life has found itself.
    • It has spread like a virus from Kabul and Kandahar and established itself in every part of the globe.
    • This is a kind of grafting in a new position of part of an animal upon itself.
    • In all the warmer parts of the earth this form stamps itself in grand simplicity on the landscape.
    • The horse allows itself to be groomed and you honor the horse by grooming him.
    • A glance at the fixture list, and you wonder if the cycle is about to perpetuate itself afresh.
    • The Alliance never managed to establish itself as a party with credible policies.
    • First, when we realize that what we are saying is a direct and perfect expression of itself.
  • 2emphatic Used to emphasize a particular thing or animal mentioned.

    the roots are several inches long, though the plant itself is only a foot tall
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The horse itself will not ever perform well if it does not have a good groom.
    • The meter itself is in perfect condition it was only the leather case that had gone a bit moth eaten.
    • So followers of the affect of the draw were hoping for a horse drawn low to land the big race itself.
    • This was because the exercise of such discretion was itself subject to judicial review.
    • Things here are changing fast, not only in Hong Kong itself but also its outlying islands.
    • The ego is itself the centre of consciousness and it is what we refer to when we use the terms I or me.
    • I don't like the fact that the argument for total subjectivity is itself universal.
    • Its marketing focus needs to be on the consumer, rather than the service itself.
    • This goes against previous theories that the virus itself is responsible for deaths.
    • The monarchy itself will increasingly suffer from this politics of benign neglect.
    • In any event certainty is best achieved by express words in the arbitration clause itself.
    • The shadow of the other festivals is to blame, but so too is the weakening of the arts programme itself.
    • It is quite possible for a name to refer to something of which it, itself, is part.
    • I would add that the jurisdiction clause itself is in terms which are in no way exceptional.
    • History often refers to both the past itself, and to what historians write about the past.
    • That memorial itself will be the subject of a separate international competition.
    • This could be seen as a metaphor for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic.
    • The coffee itself is better than some, not as good as others, but profanely overpriced.
    • The irony is made only more perfect by the absolute lack thereof on the site itself.
    • The shuttle bus from the Villa San Michele brought me down to the Arno Valley and the city itself.
    • The very existence of the subject itself already imposes a terrible ethical burden.
    1. 2.1 Used after a quality to emphasize what a perfect example of that quality someone or something is.
      Mrs. Vincent was kindness itself
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are wonderful reminders of the enduring mystery and magic that is childhood itself.

Phrases

  • in itself

    • Viewed in its essential qualities; considered separately from other things.

      some would say bringing up a family was a full-time job in itself
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While a small point in itself, it is in our view another pointer against such a relationship.
      • On such a view, it is not in itself good if people are equally well off, or bad if they are not.
      • If this wasn't in itself an imperishable unintended satire of the right, there is more.
      • Kant was clearly of the view that majority voting does not in itself produce legitimate law.
      • That in itself is not sufficient, in our view, to give rise to a special removal situation.
      • This in itself demonstrates how much territory we have surrendered to the criminals.
      • Using the stuff is an art in itself - apply directly from the bottle or to dab on the finger first?
      • A work can be a concert in itself, and a concert as tightly structured as a work.
      • But to finish as the second best side in the country is a great achievement in itself.
      • That almost seems a job in itself - I hope you get out of the morass of paperwork soon.
      • While the Peat Inn is a destination in itself, there is plenty to do in the surrounding region.
      Synonyms
      in itself, of itself, by itself, as such, intrinsically

Origin

Old English (see it, self).

 
 
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