for oneself

漢語翻譯

詞意辨析：

by oneself, for oneself, in oneself, of oneself

這些詞組都包含oneself這個單詞。
by oneself: 意思是“單獨地”、“靠自己地”（alone or independently）。

• his father lives by himself in the village.
  他的父親獨自一個人住在村里。
• all his friends have deserted him and he is all by himself now.
  他所有的朋友都離棄他，現在他孤獨一人。

for oneself: 意義為“為自己”（for himself or for herself）。

• one should not live only for oneself.
  人不應單為自己而活。

in oneself: 意思是“就其本身或本性而言”。

• this wood is hard in itself.
  這種木頭本要就是硬的。

of oneself: 意思是“自然地”、“自發地”、“自動地”（of one's own accord）。

• every day i awake of myself at half past five.
  每天早上我都是五點半就自己醒來。
• the door opened of itself.
  門是自己開的。
• the fire went out of itself.
  火自己熄滅了。

例句：

1. One should not live for oneself alone.
   一個人不應只是為自已活著。
2. At the end of the day one must decide for oneself about religion.
   一切都安頓好了，人們就得考慮宗教的事了。
3. It's hard to say, but I'm sure one of the purposes is to construct a good philosophy for oneself.
   很難說，但我確定大學生活的目標之一是要為自己建立一個好的人生觀。