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单词 herself
释义 her·self
\(h)ə(r)ˈ ̷ ̷\ pronoun
Etymology: Middle English hire self, from Old English hiere self, hire self, hyre self, dative of hēo self, hīo self she herself — more at he, self
1. : that identical female one : that identical one regarded as feminine (as by personification) — compare she I 1; used (1) reflexively as object of a preposition or direct or indirect object of a verb
 < she devotes a lot of time to her children and very little to herself >
 < she bought herself some clothes >
 < she considers herself lucky >
(2) for emphasis in apposition with she, who, that, or a noun
 < she herself painted the room >
 < she did it herself >
 < the housewife herself bought the groceries >
 < the housewife bought the groceries herself >
 < armies threatened Rome herself >
 < my mother, who was young once herself >
(3) for emphasis instead of nonreflexive her as object of a preposition or direct or indirect object of a verb
 < I looked beside me then, and I saw herself — Padraic Colum >
(4) for emphasis instead of she or instead of she herself as subject of a verb
 < she told me that neither her husband nor herself could attend the meeting >
or as predicate nominative
 < it's herself she's trying to convince >
or in comparisons after than or as
 < she met another woman as tall as herself >
(5) in absolute constructions
 < herself an orphan, the authoress shows deep understanding of the problems of the orphan girl whose story she tells >
2. : her normal, healthy, or sane condition
 < she came to herself >
: her normal, healthy, or sane self
 < ill for a week, she is now herself again >
3. Scotland : myself, yourself, himself, itself — used especially in literary representations of the English spoken by Scottish Highlanders; compare she I 2
4. Irish & Scotland : a woman of consequence; especially : the mistress of the house
 < where's herself >
5. : yourself
 < did she hurt herself >
— compare himself 4
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