n. 1.自然(现象),大自然；自然界；自然力；〔拟人化时作 N-, 作阴性用〕造化,造物主。 2.自然状态,原始状态；裸体；野生状态。 3.(物体的)本质,(人、动物的)天性,本性,性格,脾性；特质,特征,性质；品种,类别；(子弹等的)大小。 4.生命力；体力,活力,精力；本能的力量,冲动；肉体的要求。 5.天理,道理。 6.自然景色,风景。 7.树脂；树液。 8.【宗教】(人)尚未赎罪的状态。 短语和例子 all nature 万物。 All nature looks gay. 万物喜洋洋。 All nature looks bleak. 满目荒凉。 human nature 人性,人情。 the animal nature 兽性。 the rational nature 理性。 a man of good [ill] nature 脾气好[坏]的人。 N- will out. 本性难隐。 sanguine natures (性格)快活的人,乐天派的人。 events of this nature 这一类事件。 Such a diet will not support nature. 吃这种东西身体支持不住。 N- is exhausted. 体力耗尽。 against nature 不自然地；奇迹地；违反自然[人性]。 by nature 生就,生来,本来。 by the nature of things ＝in the nature of things. call [necessity] of nature 自然[生理]的要求,要大小便。 contrary to nature ＝against nature. draw from nature 写生。 ease [relieve] nature 解大[小]便。 freak of nature 造化的恶作剧〔天然的畸形〕。 in a [the] state of nature 在自然[野蛮]状态中,尚未开化；裸体。 in nature 1. 现在存在；事实上。 2. 〔疑问词、否定语的加重语气〕究竟,什么地方也(没有等) (What in nature do you mean? 你究竟是什么意思呢)。 in the course of nature 依自然之势,顺乎自然。 in [of] the nature of 具有…的性质,像，类似(His request is in the nature of a command. 他的请求简直像命令)。 in [by, from] the nature of things [the case] 在道理上,照道理说；当然,必然。 like all nature 〔美口〕完全。 Nature's engineering 天工。 one of Nature's gentlemen 地位虽低但志行高洁而有同情心的人。 one of Nature's noblemen 〔反语〕老粗。 pay one's debt to nature , pay the debt of nature 死。 true to nature 逼真。
the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person''s characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"
a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he''s interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general.
例句与用法
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Light sets the speed limit for nature . 光速限定了自然界的速率极限。
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Human nature is particularly prone to it . 人性特别容易倾向于这方面。
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Human nature is a nuisance, isn't it ? 人性是个讨厌的累赘，对不对？
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His speech was in the nature of an apology . 他的讲话性质上是道歉。
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It was not in human nature not to admire him . 不仰慕他是不近人情的。
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Stealing has become that rascal 's second nature . 这家伙盗窃成性。
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Gold and silver are of a more durable nature . 金银具有较大的耐久性。
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The petrified tree was a book of nature . 树木化石是大自然的历史记录。
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These fluctuations are random in nature . 这种波动的性质是任意随机的。
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This lesson had sunk into my nature . 这一教训深深影响了我的性格。
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