itself

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1302 ★★★★★

pron. 它本身, 它自己

发音

CA /ɪtˈsɛlf/
US /ɪtˈsɛlf/
UK /ɪtˈsɛlf/
AU /ɪtˈself/
其它 /ɪtˈsɛl/

词形变化

it himself herself themself themselves 复数

别名

hitself ittself it self it selfe

教材释义与例句

代词

它自己；它本身

used to show that a thing, organization, animal, or baby that does something is affected by its own action

The cat lay on the sofa, washing itself.

猫躺在沙发上把自己舔干。

The machine switches itself off when the process is complete.

工作程序结束，机器会自动关闭。

a small local enterprise that has transformed itself into a highly successful company

已发展为业绩喜人的公司的一家小型地方企业

释义与例句

pron. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

    When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).

  2. 2.

    it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

    The door itself is quite heavy.

  3. 3.

    it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

    古体

相关短语

by itself 单独地,孤零地;独立地 in itself 本身,实质上 of itself 自动地,自行地,自然而然地 lend itself to 有助于 a house divided against itself cannot stand the trash takes itself out lends itself to lending itself to lent itself to in and of itself [网络] 本身；本身有其价值；可以独自存在的实体 history repeats itself end in itself 目的自身 pay for itself in of itself thing in itself

词源

From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self.

来源：wiktionary