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Ourselves is the first-person plural reflexive pronoun, used to refer to ourselves as a group or for emphasis.

我们自己;我们本人。

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/aʊə(r)se̱lvz/
Ourselves is the first person plural reflexive pronoun. ourselves 是第一人称复数反身代词。
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[PRON-REFL 反身代词]我们自己 You use ourselves to refer to yourself and one or more other people as a group.
  [v PRON]
  • We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm...

    我们围坐在火边取暖。

  • It was the first time we admitted to ourselves that we were tired.

    这是我们第一次承认自己累了。

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[PRON-REFL 反身代词](泛指)我们自己,人们自己(当主语和宾语为同一群人时,用作动词或介词的宾语) A speaker or writer sometimes uses ourselves to refer to people in general. Ourselves is used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject refers to the same people.
  [v PRON]
  • We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases.

    我们都知道太卖命了会导致心跳加速。

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[PRON-REFL-EMPH 强调反身代词](用于强调第一人称复数主语;在比较正式的英语中,有时代替 us 作动词或介词的宾语以示强调)我们自己,我们本人 You use ourselves to emphasize a first person plural subject. In more formal English, ourselves is sometimes used instead of 'us' as the object of a verb or preposition, for emphasis.
  [emphasis]
  • Others are feeling just the way we ourselves would feel in the same situation...

    别人此时的感受和我们自己在同样的情形下时没什么两样。

  • The people who will suffer won't be people like ourselves.

    受苦的不会是像我们这样的人。

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[PRON-REFL-EMPH 强调反身代词]我们自己;我们亲自 If you say something such as 'We did it ourselves', you are indicating that something was done by you and a particular group of other people, rather than anyone else.
  • We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone.

    那是我们村民自己修建的,没有依靠任何人的帮助。


Oxford our·selves ★ / ɑːˈselvz ; NAmE ɑːrˈselvz / / ˌaʊəˈselvz ; NAmE ˌaʊərˈselvz / pronoun 1 ★ the reflexive form of we;used when you and another person or other people together cause and are affected by an action (we 的反身形式)我们自己 ◆ We shouldn't blame ourselves for what happened. 我们不应该为发生的事责怪自己。 ◆ Let's just relax and enjoy ourselves. 咱们轻松一下,好好享受享受。 ◆ We'd like to see it for ourselves. 我们想亲眼看看它。 2 ★ used to emphasize weor us;sometimes used instead of these words (用于强调或代替 we 或 us)我们自己,亲自 ◆ We've often thought of going there ourselves. 我们常想亲自到那里去一趟。 ◆ The only people there were ourselves. 那里仅有的人就是我们自己。 IDIOMS (all) by ourˈselves 1 alone; without anyone else (我们)独自,单独 2 without help (我们)独立地 (all) to ourˈselves for us alone; not shared with anyone (完全)属于我们自己 ◆ We had the pool all to ourselves. 这个游泳池完全供我们自己使用。 our·selves / ɑːˈselvz ; NAmE ɑːrˈselvz /
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ourselvesour‧selves /aʊəˈselvz $ aʊr-/ ●●● S1 W3 pronoun
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1used by the person speaking to show that they and one or more other people are affected by their own action:  We prepared ourselves for the long journey ahead. It was strange seeing ourselves on television.2 a)used to emphasize ‘we’ or ‘us’:  We built the house ourselves. As parents ourselves, we understand the problem. b)used after ‘as’, ‘like’, or ‘except’ instead of ‘us’:  More help is needed for people like ourselves.3(all) by ourselves a)alone:  We weren’t supposed to play by ourselves near the pond. b)without help from anyone else:  I knew that Tim and I wouldn’t be able to do the whole job by ourselves.4(all) to ourselves without having to share something with any other people:  We had the house to ourselves.
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ourselves

[ɑ:ˈselvz]

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