Instead of themselves的意思|示意

The file is read when Eclipse starts to identify any default preference values that should be used instead of those defined by the plug-ins themselves.

当 Eclipse 启动时会读取这个文件，并用来指定所有默认的属性值，而不是去使用插件本身定义的那些值。

Instead of expressing their feelings openly, they take them out on their bodies by cutting or burning themselves, picking their skin, taking an overdose, bruising themselves or pulling their hair out.

他们不会公开表露自己的感觉，而是将这些负面情绪通过割伤或者烧伤自己、用针刺自己、过量饮酒或抽烟、挫伤自己、揪头发等方式释放出来。

Most kids that age would be picking out candies or toys in a store for themselves, instead of helping their mom pick out fruits as the two kids did.

这个年龄的大多数孩子会在商店里自己挑选糖果或玩具，而不是像这两个孩子那样帮妈妈挑选水果。

Not sacrificing for their own society's children, people would themselves become children, basing their lives on pleasure and ease instead of meanings to be fulfilled.

不需要为了后代作出牺牲，人们会把自己当作孩子来对待。舒服惬意的生活取代了有意义的人生。

Using them does simplify the code a bit for the cases where you'll need to handle the SOAPElements themselves instead of working with your data objects.

对于那些需要处理SOAPElement本身而不是使用数据对象的场合，使用这些API可以在一定程度上简化代码。

This is not because of the accent, but because they often use rhymes to describe things instead of the words themselves.

这倒并不是由于他们的口音，而是因为他们惯于使用韵词来取代表示事物的单词本身来描述事物。