反身代词的用法和构成(普通工人英文反身代词的用法的几个常考点)
1.“find oneself+宾补”句式中,表示“不知不觉发现自己处于某种境地”
He found himself in hospital when he came to.当他苏醒过来时发现已住进了医院。
But this summer I find myself at a loss .
但今年夏天我发现自己很迷茫。
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I found myself unable to speak.
我发现自己说不出话了。
I found myself in water only three feet deep.
我发现脚下的水只有3英尺深。
I found myself having more fun than I had had in years.
我发现自己这些年来从未像现在这样开心过。
I found myself smiling back instinctively when our eyes met.
我发现当我们的目光相遇时,我本能地还以微笑。
I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friends wife.
我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。
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I found myself skipping these passages, though no doubt many readers will slaver over them.
我发现自己跳过了这些章节,尽管有许多读者无疑会为这些描写兴奋不已。
I found myself in an entirely new world the moment I arrived in Beijing.
我一到北京就感到耳目一新。
Its not the first time that youve found yourself in this situation.
你陷入这种状况已经不是第一次了。
It was not the only time he found himself in this position.
他已不是第一次察觉自己陷入如此境地了。
When he woke up he found himself tied to the ground.
当他醒来时发现自己被捆在地上。
Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert.
突然他发觉自己醒了过来,而且高度警觉。
He found himself pushed without ceremony out of the house and the door slammed in his face.
他被毫不客气地推出了屋子,门砰的一声当着他的面关上了。
He found himself snared in a web of intrigue.
他发现自己中了圈套。
He found himself alone in a hostile world.
他感到自己处在一个充满敌意的环境中,孤立无援。
Peterson suddenly found himself in the thick of desperate fighting.
彼得森突然发现自己身陷一场殊死搏斗中。
He tried to run away but gave up when he found himself surrounded.
他试图逃跑,但发现已被包围时只好放弃了这个念头。
As the day wore on Brand found himself increasingly impressed
白天慢慢过去,布兰德发现自己兴趣愈发浓厚。
As an overseer, he suddenly found himself a person of consequence
作为工头,他突然觉得自己是个重要人物。
Mr. Dambar found himself gazing into the distance for a moment or two.
丹巴先生不知不觉朝远方凝视了片刻。
John found himself surrounded by insincere flattery.
约翰发现自己为虚情假意的奉承阿谀所包围。
He found himself a rich wife.
他找了一个有钱的老婆。
She found herself in conflict with her parents over her future career.
她发现自己在将来择业的问题上与父母存在着分歧。
She woke up and found herself in a hospital bed.
她醒来发觉自己躺在医院的床上。
She found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism.
她发现自己遭到众多的批评。
She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money
她发觉自己有两个年幼的孩子和一个有病在身的丈夫,却没钱养活他们。
She found herself thinking thoughts that would never have entered her mind until now.
她发现自己正在考虑一些以前从来不曾有的想法。
Thirteen years ago she found herself having to conjure a career from thin air.
13年前,她认识到自己得白手起家创造出一番事业来。
She had nearly found herself caught out several times on those problems.
她有几次觉得简直就被那几个问题给难住了。
Mary tried several lines of work, but at last found herself as a teacher.
玛丽尝试了好几种工作,最后发现自己适合做教师。
She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friends sofas.
她发现自己无家可归,只好在朋友的沙发上过夜。
They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.
他们发现他们进入了一个地下大洞穴。
Young players found themselves too much in the firing line.
年轻球员总是发现自己备受责难。
Companies found themselves collapsing under the weight of debts.
许多公司发现自己因债台高筑而濒临倒闭。
Those who had decided to remain neutral in the struggle now found themselves required to take sides.
那些先前决定在争斗中保持中立的人现在发现他们需要表明立场了。
Ordinary workers in state industry, once favoured, suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap.
曾经养尊处优的国企普通工人,突然发现自己已跌至社会底层。
They found themselves being mobbed in the street for autographs.
他们发现自己被索要签名的人群围堵在大街上。
Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.
很多人觉得自己在工作上被迫大材小用。
Companies find themselves in a pickle when their markets change.
公司在市场发生变化时会发现自己身陷困境。
The two friends find themselves at cross-purposes with the officials.
这两个朋友发现他们与官员们无法沟通。
Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise.
然而,他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。
Many white-collar workers, like stock brokers and investment bankers, find themselves in the unemployment lines.
许多白领,像股票经纪人和投资银行家,发现自己也失业了。
A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own.
一些借款人会发现,他们还款遇到了麻烦,但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。
The judges may conceivably find themselves unable to make an award.
裁判员可能料想到自己无法作出裁定。
We found ourselves ankle-deep in water.
水淹到了我们的脚踝。
We have found ourselves a beautiful exurban retreat.
我们已在市郊之外找到了一个美丽的安静之处。
At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts!
照这样下去,我们会为离婚闹上法院!
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。
We find ourselves ensnared in employment acts which do not help resolve industrial disputes.
我们发现自己陷入了雇佣法案的圈套之中,因为它们并不能帮助解决劳资争端。
You can simply go on putting off the evil day and eventually find yourself smoking as much as ever.
你当然可以想方设法摆脱,但最后你会发现自己还是像以前一样拼命抽烟。
You find yourself worshipped by the self-same people who beat you up at school.
你发现原来在学校里痛扁你的同一群人现在成了你的崇拜者。
If you dont anticipate what may happen, youll find yourself at a loss when sth. crops up.
你如果没有思想准备,事到临头就会抓瞎。
Put your money in my business, and you could find yourself ( to be) richer.
把你的钱投到我们公司,你会变得更富有。
But the next time you find yourself among strangers, consider that small talk is worth the trouble 但下次你和陌生的人们待在一起时,可以想到寒暄并不麻烦。高考真题- 2018 全国
He was annoyed to find himself going red.
他因为发觉自己脸红而懊恼。
They warned him that next time hed find himself doing bird.
他们警告他下次他可能就要进监狱了。
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He was surprised to find himself whole after the car accident.
他很惊讶自己在车祸中毫发未伤。
He woke up only to find himself famous.
他一觉醒来,竟发现自己成名了。
A divorced woman is likely to find herself in an unenviable position.
离婚女子很容易觉察到自己被人另眼相看。
2.“make oneself done”句式中,表示“使自己被……”做宾补的动词要用过去分词
某些表示“感觉,认识”的动词如understand, know, feel,hear等作宾语补足语时常用过去分词,宾语用反身代词
There was so much noise that the speaker couldn’t make himself heard.
如此的喧哗,听不见发言人在说什么。
He spoke loud to make himself heard.他大声讲话让大家都能听见。
He couldn’t make himself understood.他不能让人理解自己。
He couldnt make himself heard above the noise of the traffic.在交通嘈杂声中他无法使自己的声音被听到。
He raised his voice to make himself heard.
他提高嗓音让自己被听到。
I had a hard time trying to make myself understood.
我为了解释清楚费了好大劲。
Can you make yourself understood in Russian?
你能用俄语表达你的意思吗?
They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.
他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。
He almost had to shout to make himself heard above the music.
为了压过音乐声,他几乎得大声喊才能让人听见。
He had a hard job to make himself heard.
他好不容易才使别人听见他的声音。
He doesnt speak much Japanese but he can make himself understood.
他不大会讲日语,不过尚能勉强表达意思。
He was speaking poor English, trying to make himself understood.
他的英语说得很差,努力想让别人明白他的意思。
Aron couldnt speak Polish. I made myself understood with difficulty.
阿伦不会说波兰语,我为了让他明白我的话很是费了一番力气。
He made himself understood with the help of gestures.
他比画着讲。
但是下面的用法也是常见用法:
They will make an important plan known to the public soon.
他们不久就会让公众知道这个计划。
3.用于固定短语中
(1)动词短语
abandon oneself to 沉迷于,陷入,沉湎于(某种情感)
He abandoned himself to despair.
他陷入绝望。
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。
Dont abandon yourself to despair.
不要悲观失望。
The young are more likely to abandon themselves to arcade games.
年轻人们更有可能沉迷于电子游戏。
Young people should not abandon themselves to pleasures.
年轻人不应该沉弱于享乐。
He abandoned himself to grief.
他陷入悲痛当中。
absent oneself from 缺席
She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose.
她长大了,可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。
Why did you absent yourself from school yesterday?
你昨天为何缺席未到校?
He had absented himself from the office for the day.
这一天他没有去办公室上班。
He absented himself from the picnic.
他没去参加野餐。
Comrade Chen absented himself from the match.
陈同志没参加比赛。
He deliberately absented himself from the meeting.
他故意不到会。
adapt oneself to 适应于
It took him a while to adapt himself to his new surroundings.
他过了好一阵子才适应了新环境。
They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.
他们不得不适应战时经济。
I find it very difficult to adapt myself to the climate in the high mountains.
我觉得自己很难适应高山气候。
I can quickly adapt myself to new circumstances.
我能很快使自己适应新的环境。
Can you adapt yourself to the new job?
你能适应新的工作吗?
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。
We adapted ourselves quickly to life in Paris.
我们很快适应了巴黎的生活。
addict oneself to 沉溺于
He addicted himself to drinking.
他喝酒成瘾。
behave oneself 举止得体
Behave yourself and keep quiet for a while.
规矩点,安安静静地待着!
Behave yourself!
规矩点!
The children behaved themselves at the party. Im proud of them.
孩子们在聚会上举止得体,我为他们而感到骄傲。
come to oneself 苏醒
He came to himself and was sent to hospital immediately.
他苏醒过来,立即被送到医院。
At last, the old man came to himself.
最后,老人终于苏醒过来了。
devote oneself to sb/sth致力于 ; 献身;致力;专心
She devoted herself to her career.
她全力倾注于自己的事业。
You want a husband who is solid and stable, someone who will devote himself to you
你要的是一个可靠而稳重的丈夫——一个全心全意对你的人。
He devoted himself to developing the space industry.
他投身于发展航天工业。
She has devoted herself unreservedly to the great cause.
她毫无保留地献身于这伟大的事业。
She devoted herself to me and our children.
她为我和我们的孩子奉献一生。
dress oneself in 穿着,打扮
The lady dressed herself in a pink skirt.
这位女士穿着粉红色的裙子。
engage oneself in 从事于
The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her neighbours children.
老太太忙于为邻居的孩子做衣服。
This engineer has always engaged himself in his work.
这位工程师一直都埋头苦干。
engage oneself to 同……订婚
She’s engaged herself to Tom, but they havent yet named the day.
她已和汤姆订婚,但还未确定结婚日期。
enjoy oneself 过得快乐
They all enjoyed themselves at the party.
他们在聚会上都玩得非常痛快。
I must say I am really enjoying myself at the moment.
我得说此刻我感到非常愉快。
I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to leave.
我刚开始玩得起劲我们就得离开了。
Volunteers learn a lot and enjoy themselves into the bargain.
志愿者在学到很多东西的同时还能得到乐趣。
She said she was enjoying herself but her smile was forced.
她说自己很快活,但是她的笑容很勉强。
express oneself 表达某人的思想
Teenagers often have difficulty expressing themselves.
十来岁的孩子在表达思想方面常常有困难。
Perhaps I have not expressed myself very well.
我大概未把自己的意思表达清楚。
She expresses herself most fully in her paintings.
她把自己的感情在画作中表现得淋漓尽致。
They expressed themselves delighted.
他们表示他们很高兴。
help yourself to 自行取用 , 擅自拿走;窃取
If you want another drink, just help yourself.
你要是想再喝一杯就请自便。
Help yourself to the fruit.
请随便吃点水果。
Help yourself to the refrigerator. 随便吃点冰箱里的东西吧。
Help yourself to some steak. I made it especially for you. 吃点牛排吧,我特意为你做的。
Hed been helping himself to the money in the cash register.
他一直在偷现金出纳机中的钱。
Has somebody helped himself to some film stars diamonds?
有人偷了某个影星的钻石了吗?
make oneself at home 不要客气
Make yourself at home. Help yourself to some fish. 别拘束,随便吃点鱼吧。
Youre among friends, so make yourself at home.
都是自己人,你别客气了。
Just make yourself at home.; Please make yourself at home.
在我这儿可别见外。
When you ’ re the guest, you should just make yourself at home.
你若是客人,只需使自己感到自在就好。
make a fool of oneself 丢丑
I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!
我当众出了大丑了!
He was drinking and making a fool of himself.
他在喝酒,让自己出尽了丑。
If you wish to make a fool of yourself, that is your affair.
如果你想让自己出丑,那是你自己的事。
Cant you see shes making a fool of you?
难道你不明白她是在愚弄你?
If you pretend to know what you dont know, youll only make a fool of yourself.
不懂装懂就会闹笑话。
Who could have thought he would make such a fool of himself?
哪知他会出这样的丑?
I sang and made a fool of myself last time. Im not going to sing again today.
上次我已经出过一回丑,今天我可不唱了。
say to oneself 心里想
And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, "This is not real."
我知道这是一个谈判策略,因此我可以心里想:“这不是真的”。
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Keep your temper, he said to himself.
“别生气,”他暗暗告诉自己。
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Perhaps Im still dreaming, I said to myself.
也许我还在做梦,我心里想。
(2)介词短语
by oneself 独自地
Im going to London by myself next week.
我准备下星期一个人去伦敦。
I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself.
我知道您是一番好意,不过我一个人能行。
I didnt know if I could raise a child by myself.
我不知道自己是否能够独自养大一个孩子。
Is it okay if I come by myself?
我一个人来行吗?
Even though Im supposed to be working by myself, there are other people who I can interact with.
即便是需要我一个人工作,我还是可以和别人进行交流的。
I cant manage that by myself and I dont see why it should be expected of me either.
我一个人没法做那事,我也不明白为什么得要我去做。
As a 17-year-old girl, I flew across the country by myself for the first time!
作为一个17岁的女孩,我第一次独自乘坐飞机穿越了整个国家!
Youre old enough to travel on the train by yourself.
你长大了,能一个人坐火车了。
You can study by yourself.
你可以自学。
I like staying at home by myself at the weekends.
周末我喜欢一个独自待在家里
You should try to deal with problems first by yourself.
你应该先自己解决问题。
Dont try to do everything by yourself.
不要试图自己做每件事。
She can handle [ tackle] this by herself.
这点事她一个人办得了。
She likes to take a walk by herself.她喜欢独自散步。
of oneself 自动地,自然地,出于自动,自愿。
The little boy woke up of himself.那个小男孩自己醒来了。
The window opened of itself.窗户自己开了。
The candle on the table went out of itself.桌子上的蜡烛自熄了。
Cholera, small-pox, etc.cannot originate of themselves 霍乱,天花等不能自己发生。
Books, she thought, grew of themselves 她认为书籍是会自然增多的。
beside oneself 发狂,精神错乱
His wife was almost beside herself with joy.他的妻子欢喜若狂。)
He is beside himself with anger他盛怒忘形。
in itself 本质上;本
for oneself :为自己,独力
I has built a lab for myself.
我已经为自己建成一个实验室
The boy is old enough to live for himself.
这个男孩子年龄已大,足以自立谋生。
If you had an eye in your head ,you might see what she is for yourself.
如果你有眼睛的话,你就能独自看清楚她到底是一个怎样的女人。
to oneself 私自,窃喜,心中。
I had kept the belief to myself.
我把那个信念藏在自己心中。
I chuckled to myself.(我暗自发笑。
He was chuckling to himself over what he was reading.
他对所读的书觉得有趣而不免私自好笑。
I must write as though I were a person of importance;and indeed, I am-to myself, to myself I am the most important person in the world.
(我一定要把我写成一个伟大的人;对我自己来说,我诚然是一个伟大的人呀。对我自己来说,我是这世界上最伟大的人了。)
in oneself其本身,本来,不靠外力
A fine courtesy is a fortune in itself.好的礼貌其本身就是一笔财产。
These substances are not poisonous in themselves.这些物质本身无毒。
The charity in itself is admirable.慈善本身就是可赞赏的。
Our very existence is a miracle in itself.我们的生存本身就是一个奇迹。