如 : oneself用于主语、宾语、补语的同格,以加强其意义,不加时意思也一样。
1.The matter itself is very clear.(事情本身很明白。)
2. He wrote the letter himself.(他亲笔写的信。)
3.Napoleon himself could not do it.(拿破化本人也不能做到。)
4.Even the very gods themselves weep over the slavery of wisdom to folly. -Carlyle
(见到贤人为愚人所酷使,鬼神也为之哭泣。)
个人理解为:作同格意思就是它和它要加强语气的词语具有同等地位,如1中The matter是主语,
itself作同格,那么就相当于itself也作为主语,加强了语气。