nature
n. 自然, 大自然, 本性, 性格, 性质 [医] 自然, 大自然; 本性, 性能
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教材释义与例句
自然；性质；本性；种类
everything in the physical world that is not controlled by humans, such as wild plants and animals, earth and rocks, and the weather
We grew up in the countryside, surrounded by the beauties of nature.
我们在乡村长大，周围是美丽的大自然。
nature conservation
自然保护
Disease is nature's way of keeping the population down.
疾病是大自然控制人口的方法。
释义与例句
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The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
自然
造化
不可数 可数Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
As Hurricane Irma prepares to strike, it's worth remembering that Mother Nature never intended us to live here.
Nature doesn't lie.
The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.
Tectonic activity is part of nature, so there's no way to stop earthquakes.
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The particular way someone or something is, especially
The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
性质
可数 不可数Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature's nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
Unlike the static conception of nature or nurture, epigenic research demonstrates how genes and environments continuously interact to produce characteristics throughout a lifetime.
It's not in my nature to steal.
You can't help feeling that way. It's human nature.
Power corrupts. That's just the nature of the beast.
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The particular way someone or something is, especially
The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
可数 不可数For the French, it was impossible for them to serve her in that nature.
The extent and nature of Bach's influence on Haydn is now due for further reassessment.
What was the nature of your relationship with the deceased?
The best medium might be petroleum, liquified gas, or something of that nature.
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The particular way someone or something is, especially
Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.
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The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
可数 不可数Nature is unable to repair the extensive injury.
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A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
The need to urinate and defecate.
可数 不可数I hear the call of nature.
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A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
Sexual desire.
可数 不可数Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
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A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
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A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.
古体 可数 不可数If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
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A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.
古体 可数 不可数... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...
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To endow with natural qualities.
废旧
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下位词 5
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus. Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kynde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind.
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