反身代词包括itself, themselves, himself等等。通过反身代词指代主语,施动者把动作在形式上反射回自己。因此,反身代词与它所指代的名词或代词形成互指关系,在人称、性质、数上保持一致。比如:我自己、你自己、他自己、我们自己……等等,其和一般代词有明显区别。例如:
**Frank has a right to decide for him.
Frank has a right to decide for himself.
一般代词(him)指代未在例句中出现的男人,而反身代词(himself)则指代句中主语(Frank)。
Right: After the agreement surfaced, the commission dissolved IT.
It must refer to the agreement, because it cannot refer to the commission. If you wish to refer
to the commission, you must use itself. Note the difference in meaning below.
Right: After the agreement surfaced, the commission dissolved ITSElF.
Itself and themselves are also used to intensify a noun: The commission itself was wrong.
不能做独立主格结构中的主语,例如“ 。。。, itself being adapted from A.
反身代词不能独立作主语,只能和所指代主语紧挨作同位语