A這種代詞有myself,yourself,himself,herself,itself,ourselves,yourselves,themselves。請注意第二人稱單數形式yourself和第二人稱復數形式yourselves之間的差別。不定反身代詞和
不定強調代詞為oneself。
B動詞所表示的行為施加到施動者自己身上時,也就是主語和賓語同為一人時,用myself,yourself等詞作動詞的賓語:
I cut myself.
我把自己割傷了。
He cant shave himself.
他不會給自己刮臉。
It is not always easy to amuse oneself on holiday.
假日自娛并不是一直一件容易的事。
Tom and Ann blamed themselves for the accident.
湯姆和安為了這起意料之外事故責備自己。
This refrigerator defrosts itself.
這臺冰箱可自動除霜。
請注意,假如把反身代詞換成相互代詞each other,其意思就會發生變化:
Tom and Ann blamed each other.
湯姆和安互相責備。(湯姆責備安,安責備湯姆。)
(參見第53節C。)
C myself,yourself等也可用于動詞+介詞之后:
He spoke1 to himself.
他暗自心里想著。
Did she pay for herself?
她付了她我們的那一份錢了嗎?
Look after yourself.
望你保重。
Take care of yourselves.
期望你們注意身體。
Im annoyed with myself.
我生我們的氣。
He sat by himself.
他一個人坐著。
She addressed the envelope to herself.
她在信封收信人處寫上了我們的名字和地址。
但假如介詞是用來指明地方的,一般要用代詞而不需要反身代詞:
Did you take your dog with you?
你把狗帶去了嗎?
They put the child between them.
他們把孩子放在他們中間。
Had he/Did he have any money on him?
他身上有錢嗎?