ourselves

pron.

1. （we的反身形式）我们自己
   the reflexive form of we ; used when you and another person or other people together cause and are affected by an action
   1. We shouldn't blame ourselves for what happened.
      我们不应该为发生的事责怪自己。
   2. Let's just relax and enjoy ourselves.
      咱们轻松一下，好好享受享受。
   3. We'd like to see it for ourselves.
      我们想亲眼看看它。
2. （用于强调或代替we或us）我们自己，亲自
   used to emphasize we or us ; sometimes used instead of these words
   1. We've often thought of going there ourselves.
      我们常想亲自到那里去一趟。
   2. The only people there were ourselves.
      那里仅有的人就是我们自己。

Ourselves is the first person plural reflexive pronoun. ourselves 是第一人称复数反身代词。


1. PRON-REFL 我们自己
   You use ourselves to refer to yourself and one or more other people as a group.
   1. We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm...
      我们围坐在火边取暖。
   2. It was the first time we admitted to ourselves that we were tired.
      这是我们第一次承认自己累了。
2. PRON-REFL （泛指）我们自己，人们自己（当主语和宾语为同一群人时，用作动词或介词的宾语）
   A speaker or writer sometimes uses ourselves to refer to people in general. Ourselves is used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject refers to the same people.
   1. We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases.
      我们都知道太卖命了会导致心跳加速。
3. PRON-REFL-EMPH （用于强调第一人称复数主语；在比较正式的英语中，有时代替 us 作动词或介词的宾语以示强调）我们自己，我们本人
   You use ourselves to emphasize a first person plural subject. In more formal English, ourselves is sometimes used instead of 'us' as the object of a verb or preposition, for emphasis.
   1. Others are feeling just the way we ourselves would feel in the same situation...
      别人此时的感受和我们自己在同样的情形下时没什么两样。
   2. The people who will suffer won't be people like ourselves.
      受苦的不会是像我们这样的人。
4. PRON-REFL-EMPH 我们自己;我们亲自
   If you say something such as 'We did it ourselves', you are indicating that something was done by you and a particular group of other people, rather than anyone else.
   1. We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone.
      那是我们村民自己修建的，没有依靠任何人的帮助。

1. We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
   我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。
2. We have to get our act together — we have to organize ourselves.
   我们必须把劲儿往一处使——我们得组织起来。
3. Between ourselves, I know he wants to marry her.
   我们私下说说，我知道他想娶她。
4. We delude ourselves that we are in control
   我们骗自己说我们掌控着局面。
5. We're not ready to disarm ourselves in order to make it easier for them to kill us.
   我们可不准备放下武器，好让他们更轻易地干掉我们。
6. We may find ourselves dragged into new wars and new threats of wars.
   我们可能会发现我们自己被扯到新的战争或新战争的威胁中去了。
7. We've field-tested them ourselves and are happy that they work.
   我们自己对其进行了实地试验，很高兴没有出现问题。
8. We must try to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and those around us
   我们必须努力和我们自己及周围的人和睦相处。
9. We asked ourselves what we wanted from our management structure and who we wanted to head it up.
   我们问自己，我们想要自己的管理结构做些什么，希望它由谁来领导。
10. We're kidding ourselves, Bill. We're not winning, we're not even doing well
    我们在自己骗自己，比尔。我们没有赢，我们甚至都没有发挥好。
11. We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm
    我们围坐在火边取暖。
12. It was the first time we admitted to ourselves that we were tired.
    这是我们第一次承认自己累了。
13. We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases.
    我们都知道太卖命了会导致心跳加速。
14. Others are feeling just the way we ourselves would feel in the same situation
    别人此时的感受和我们自己在同样的情形下时没什么两样。
15. The people who will suffer won't be people like ourselves.
    受苦的不会是像我们这样的人。
16. We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone.
    那是我们村民自己修建的，没有依靠任何人的帮助。
17. We might be able to push ourselves across with the paddle.
    我们也许可以用桨把自己推过去。
18. We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
    我们两个都一直在掐自己，证明这不是在做梦。
19. Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God.
    我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。
20. You have to let us struggle for ourselves, even if we must die in the process.
    你得让我们为自己拼搏，哪怕我们会在这个过程中死去。
21. We should all give ourselves time to reflect
    我们都应该给自己时间好好想想。
22. Pat and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat
    我和帕特在没有船的情况下勉强又凑合了一个夏天。
23. He last night denounced the British 'genius for running ourselves down'.
    昨晚，他谴责了英国那位“抨击我们自己人的天才”。
24. It is through our nervous system that we adapt ourselves to our environment and to all external stimuli.
    我们是通过神经系统使自己适应环境及所有外部刺激的。
25. I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.
    我在想，我们卷入了怎样的纷争之中。
26. We should inure ourselves to hard life.
    我们应该使自己习惯艰苦生活。
27. We never quarrelled among ourselves.
    我们之间从不吵嘴。
28. We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.
    我们要急起直追，否则就太晚了。
29. We spent a few days enjoying ourselves in Dalian.
    我们在大连玩了几天。
30. We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.
    我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。

pron.

(all) by ourselves

• （我们）独自，单独
  alone; without anyone else
• （我们）独力地
  without help

(all) to ourselves

• （完全）属于我们自己
  for us alone; not shared with anyone
  1. We had the pool all to ourselves.
     这个游泳池完全供我们自己使用。