a)used to show that the man or boy who does something is affected by his own action 他自己
In despair, the young boy had hanged himself.
绝望中,那男孩自尽了。
His name is James but he calls himself Jim.
他的名字叫詹姆斯,但他称自己为吉姆。
He poured himself a glass of orange juice.
他给自己倒了杯橙汁。
b)used after words such as ‘everyone’, ‘anyone’, and ‘someone’ to talk about people in general being affected by their own actions 自己[用于everyone,anyone,someone之类的词语之后]
Everyone should learn to respect himself.
人人都应学会尊重自己。
2MANEMPHASIZE
a)used to emphasize that you are talking about one particular man or boy 他自己,他本人[用于强调]
It was the president himself who opened the door.
是总统本人开的门。
It must be true – he said so himself.
这肯定是真的,是他亲口说的。
b)used after ‘like’, ‘as’, or ‘except’ instead of ‘him’ 他[用于like,as,except之后,代替him]
The other passengers were all refugees like himself.
It was the first time he felt he had achieved something by himself.
这是他第一次感觉到自己独力干出了一些成绩。
Examples from the Corpus
(all) by himself• Don's travelingby himself.• When the officersretired, Hashim used to jump down and play squashby himself.• But on the campaigntrail, Coles sometimes seems like a boxer in the ringby himself.• He walked slowly, all by himself.• He was to be placed with another inmate the next day, but wound up in a cellby himself.• He's standing up by himself already.• I think Sadlowski by himself could have kept it that simple.• Once Hopkinson arrived late for breakfast to find the Colonelby himselfreading a newspaper.• Sir Henry agreed to help in this way, and to go by himself to the Stapletons that evening.• The day he stood alone, by himself, without holding on, he roared out his triumph.
4not be/feel/seem himselfinformal if a man or boy is not himself, he does not feel or behave as he usually does, for example because he is upset or ill[因情绪或身体欠佳等]感觉不妥;行为反常
Rick hasn’t seemed himself lately.
里克近来似乎不太对劲。
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not be/feel/seem himself• He had not felt himself a part of what governments decided.• He had not felt himselfbound by their rules - basically, he hadn't felt himself.
5have something (all) to himselfif a man or boy has something to himself, he does not have to share it with anyone else(他)独自享用[拥有]某物
John at last had a bedroom all to himself.
约翰终于自己有了一间卧室。
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have something (all) to himself• Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.• But he might just as well have been talking to himself.• Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?• She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.• I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.• If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
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himself• Everyone here should decide for himself.• He built the closetshimself.• Peterconsidershimself a poet.• Steve himself is just recovering from surgery.• Mikey calls himself Michael these days.• I don't think he hurthimself when he fell