itself

代词 pron.
/ɪtˈsɛlf/    /ɪtˈsɛlf/|/ɪtˈself/

英文释义

代词 pron.
  1. it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject neuter,personal,pronoun,reflexive,singular
    — When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).
  2. it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate emphatic,neuter,personal,pronoun,singular
    — The door itself is quite heavy.
  3. it; used to refer back to an earlier subject archaic,emphatic,neuter,personal,pronoun
    — The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.

词形变化

it reflexive-of himself masculine herself feminine themself gender-neutral themselves plural it self alternative,obsolete it selfe alternative,obsolete

词源

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