[Vocabulary] bring somebody to do something

[yi-ing]

Hello.

What does underlined part mean?

Some people's phobia about cancer is so extreme that they can not bring themselves to think about it seriously.

 

[GoesStation]

No matter how hard they try, they can't make themselves think about it seriously.

In the idiom cannot bring oneself to do something, the image is that "doing something" is a destination to which the person chooses not to go.

 

[teechar]

Take a look at the following link.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring oneself

 

[yi-ing]

Wow! Great help.
I have looked up all dictionaries, but I couldn't find any corresponding meaning to this phrasal verb.

 

[teechar]

It's not a phrasal verb.