himself

プログレッシブ英和中辞典(第４版)の解説

^**him・self

/imsélf；((強))him-/

[代]（複them・selves /ðmsélvez/）

1 ((強意用法))彼自身, 彼みずから.

(1) ((主語または目的語と同格))

• He himself made the telephone call.
  彼みずから電話をした（▼くだけた言い方ではHe made the telephone call himself. のように文末に回し, 強く発音）
• I want to see the manager himself.
  支配人本人にお会いしたい.

(2) ((絶対構文で主語的))

• Himself born of the lower classes, he sympathized with the poor.
  自分自身が下層階級の生まれだったので, 彼は貧しい人に同情した.

(3) ((as, thanの後で))((非標準))＝he

• His wife is as stingy as himself.
  妻も彼に劣らずけちだ.

2 ((再帰用法))彼自身（を, に）. ⇒HERSELF 1

• He killed himself.
  自殺した.

3 ((略式))本来［平素］の彼；正常［正気］な彼

• He hasn't been himself since the accident.
  事故以来ふつうではない
• He does not feel himself in this foreign land.
  この異国の地で落ち着けずにいる.

4 ((アイル・スコット))有力な男性, （特に）一家の主人.

5 ((幼児語))＝yourself

• Did he hurt himself？
  ボクけがしたの. ⇒MYSELF, ONESELF

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