Doctors themselves are the first to admit the treatment has side effects.
医生自己最先承认这种治疗方法有副作用。
3PERSON/PEOPLEused after words like ‘everyone’, ‘anyone’, ‘no one’ etc when you talk about someone already mentioned and you do not know what sex they are or it is not important. Many teachers think this is not correct English 他自己〔用于谈论性别不详或不重要的人,许多教师认为这种用法不正确〕
Someone told me they’d actually seen the accident happen themselves.
有人告诉我说是亲眼看到这场事故发生的。
4in themselves (also in and of themselves)XX considered without other related ideas or situations 本身,自身;就本身而言
The carvings are works of art in themselves, even disregarding their religious significance.
Did the children make the model all by themselves?
这个模型是孩子们自己做的吗?
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(all) by themselves• I'm hoping these spots will go away by themselves.• They are both old enough to go to the poolby themselves.• But parents are... waiting for kids to be able to go to the movies and the mallby themselves.• If anything is worth while in life at all, some things must be good in and by themselves.• It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewingvideoby themselves.• Women can be happyby themselves.• Women may not be free to walk by themselves along the streets.• But reasons of identification and self-definition can not by themselvesestablish the legitimacy of an authority.• He sounded matter-of-fact, as if nine-year-old kids commonly hung out by themselves in his lobby.• Two pairs of datesby themselves tell the story.
6(all) to themselvesSHAREif people have something to themselves, they do not have to share it with anyone 完全属于他们自己
They had the whole beach to themselves.
整个海滩上只有他们。
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(all) to themselves• They had the wholebeachto themselves.• And they like it to themselves.• But they like to keep their political preferencesto themselves.• I thought the fund was to help Gaels speak to the rest of us and not only to themselves.• I wanted to see these amazingsportsmen at home and in their own environment, where they remaintrueto themselves.• Right now, the Howards are just grateful for some time to themselves.• Their survival is vital, not only to themselves, but to large companies which depend on their products and services.• You know who talks to themselves the most?• And they say to themselves, what will last?
7.not be/feel themselvesNERVOUSif people are not themselves, they do not feel or behave in the way they usually do because they are nervous, upset, or ill 〔因神经紧张、烦恼或生病〕表现反常,状态不对
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themselves• Do you think they killedthemselves?• Those guys only talk about themselves.• Why don't they just do it themselves?• Everyone I know who has tried it has hurtthemselves somehow.