| 释义 |
oneself noun—自 n (often used) 己 n (often used) 自己 n Examples:spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising—how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself)—drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition—surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind—the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself—lit. smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily—the trick of injuring oneself gain the enemy's confidence—cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation—prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb—bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work—internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself—sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause—deny oneself comforts in order to save money for one's education—selfishly concerned with gaining advantages for oneself—submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to—heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions oneself—regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status—not become attached to material things, not to pity oneself—lead the wolf into the house (idiom); to leave oneself open to attack—dedicate oneself to a high goal and learn intensively—seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others—travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group—consider oneself as being not as good as the others—lit. prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action—bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation—seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others—jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)—make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc—resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it—put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb—fig. attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it— |