A speaker or writer uses yourself to refer to the person that they are talking or writing to. Yourself is used when the object of a verb or preposition refers to the same person as the subject of the verb.
例句
Have the courage to be honest with yourself and about yourself...要有勇氣對自己坦誠,同時對別人也要開誠布公。Your baby depends on you to look after yourself properly while you are pregnant...你懷孕的時候,你的孩子指望著你好好照顧自己。
PRON-REFL-EMPH
(用于強調所指對象)你自己,你本人,你們自己,你們本人
You use yourself to emphasize the person that you are referring to.
例句
They mean to share the business between them, after you yourself are gone, Sir...先生,他們兩個打算等您本人離開后瓜分這個企業。I've been wondering if you yourselves have any idea why she came.我一直在想,你們自己是否知道她為什么來。
PRON-REFL-EMPH
(代替作賓語的you,用于強調或表示禮貌)你(自己),你們(自己)
You use yourself instead of 'you' for emphasis or in order to be more polite when 'you' is the object of a verb or preposition.
例句
A wealthy man like yourself is bound to make an enemy or two along the way...像你這樣的有錢人,一路走來注定會結下一兩個仇人的。I wouldn't want to cause such important people as yourselves any bother.我不想給你們這樣的大人物添任何麻煩。
英漢詞典釋義
pron.
(反身代詞)你們自己
Help yourselves to sandwiches.請你們自己隨意拿三明治吃。
(用以加強語氣)你們親自,你們本人
You must decide for yourselves.得由你們自己來決定。Did you make these cakes yourselves?這些蛋糕是你們親手做的嗎?