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English 450.Themselves 英 ð(ə)M'selvz]美 ðɛm'sɛlvz 释义 Pron 他们自己;他们亲自

正面 450.themselves
英 [ð(ə)m'selvz]美 [ðɛm'sɛlvz]

背面
释义:
pron. 他们自己;他们亲自
例句:
1. These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.这些大机构总是随意制定规定,而且说变就变。

1. require <===> request.

themselves (pron.)mid-15c. in northern dialect, standard from 1540s, alteration of Middle English tham-self, emphatic plural pronoun, also reciprocal pronoun (14c.); see them + self, with self, originally an inflected adjective, treated as a noun with a meaning "person" and pluralized. Displacing Old English heom selfum (dative). Themself returned late 20c. as some writers took to replacing himself with gender-neutral everyone, anyone, etc."

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