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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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