herself pron. (pl. themselves) 1.〔作反身代詞〕她自己。 She ought to be ashamed of herself. 她應(yīng)當(dāng)感到羞愧。 She killed herself. 她自殺了。 2.〔加強(qiáng)語氣〕她本人,她親自。 She said it herself. 她自己說的。 H- an orphan, she understood the situation. 她本身是個孤兒,理解這情況。 be [become, come to] herself (情緒、健康)處于正常情況( She is not quite herself today. 她今天有些反常[不舒服]。 She has come to herself. 她已復(fù)原了,她已恢復(fù)正常)。 (all) by herself 她獨(dú)自地;她獨(dú)立地。
Lydia composed herself and went in . 利季婭鎮(zhèn)靜一下走了進(jìn)去。
The lover used every effort to induce her to compose herself . 她的情人作了種種努力,要使她安靜下來。
She walked home in the darkness, trying to compose herself . 黑暗中她往回家的路上走著,試著使自己平靜下來。
Fairbrother, whose practice and intelligence were considerable, saw the necessity of letting the witness compose herself . 弗爾布拉澤頗有經(jīng)驗和才能,他看出有必要讓證人鎮(zhèn)靜一下。
She composed herself and awaited his command 她讓自己冷靜下來,并等待著他的命令
Jean was nervous at first but soon composed herself 珍一開始挺緊張,但一會兒就鎮(zhèn)定了下來。
When she came to see the interviewer, jone was nervous at first but soon composed herself 瓊會見面試人時最初很緊張,但很快就鎮(zhèn)定下來了。
She tried, however, to compose herself to answer him with patience, when he should have done 不過,她還是竭力鎮(zhèn)定下來,以便等他把話說完,耐心地給他一個回答。
However much she prepared herself, however much she tried to compose herself, she knew that she would not be able to see him without tears 無論她如何控制,無論她如何努力保持平靜,她都知道她沒法見到他時不流淚。
She retreated from the window, fearful of being seen; and as she walked up and down the room, endeavouring to compose herself, saw such looks of enquiring surprise in her uncle and aunt as made every thing worse 她為了怕讓舅父母看見,便打從窗前退縮回來,在房間里踱來踱去,竭力裝出心神鎮(zhèn)定的樣子,只見舅父母神色詫異,這可更糟了。