单词 | herself |
释义 | her·self 1. < 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. < she came to herself > : her normal, healthy, or sane self < ill for a week, she is now herself again > 3. Scotland 4. Irish & Scotland < where's herself > 5. < did she hurt herself > — compare himself 4 |
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