ourselves /aʊəˈsɛlvz/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PRON-REFL You use ourselves to refer to yourself and one or more other people as a group. 我们自己 [v PRON, prep PRON]

  例：

  We sat around the fire to keep ourselves warm.

  我们围火而坐取暖。

• 2. 

  PRON-REFL 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. (泛指) 我们自己 [v PRON, prep PRON]

  例：

  We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases.

  大家都知道，当我们竭尽全力时，心率会加速。

• 3. 

  PRON-REFL-EMPH 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. (正式英语中，替代)(us)(作动词或介词宾语，用以强调) 我们自己 [强调]

  例：

  Others are feeling just the way we ourselves would feel in the same situation.

  他人现在所感受的，我们自己在相同的情况下也会同样感受到。

• 4. 

  PRON-REFL-EMPH If you say something such as "We did it ourselves," you are indicating that the people you are referring to did it, rather than anyone else. 我们亲自

  例：

  We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone.

  那是我们这些村民自己修建的，没有用任何人帮忙。