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I Thing Pron Pron Refl Emph 强调反身代词   [Emphasis Kindness Extremely

英语单词 itself
英美音标 英 [ɪt'self] 美 [ɪt'self]
中文释义 pron.它自己
英语例句 (1) The cat is washing itself.
(2) The government made itself unpopular.
(3) The house itself is not particularly to my mind, but I like its environment.
中文例句 (1) 猫正在给自己洗脸。
(2) 这届政府使得自己失去人心。
(3) 这房子本身并不特别合我的心意,但我喜欢它周围的环境。
柯林斯解释
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[PRON-REFL 反身代词]它自己;它本身 Itself is used as the object of a verb or preposition when it refers to something that is the same thing as the subject of the verb.
  [v PRON]
  • Scientists have discovered remarkable new evidence showing how the body rebuilds itself while we sleep...

    科学家们已经发现了令人瞩目的新证据,说明了人体在睡眠状态下是如何自我修复的。

  • Unemployment does not correct itself.

    失业问题不会自行解决。

  • ...the threat of Europe building trade business around itself.

    欧洲在周边地区建立贸易往来的威胁

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[PRON-REFL-EMPH 强调反身代词](表示强调)自身,本身 You use itself to emphasize the thing you are referring to.
  [emphasis]
  • I think life itself is a learning process...

    我认为生活本身就是一个学习的过程。

  • The involvement of the foreign ministers was itself a sign of progress...

    外交部长的介入本身就是取得进展的一个标志。

  • He cheered up on Christmas Day itself.

    他圣诞节那天振作起来了。

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[PRON-REFL-EMPH 强调反身代词](加在抽象名词之后)极度,非常 If you say that someone is, for example, politeness itself or kindness itself, you are emphasizing they are extremely polite or extremely kind.
  [n PRON]
  [emphasis]
  • I was never really happy there, although the people were kindness itself...

    我在那里从来没有真正高兴过,虽然那里的人们非常亲切。

  • Many men are charm itself...

    许多男人非常有魅力。

  • He is rarely satisfied with anything less than perfection itself.

    他一般只对那些绝对完美的事情感到满意。

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