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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

nature

英  [ˈneɪtʃə]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • natures

    1. [U 不可数名词] 大自然

    Nature is all the animals, plants, and other things in the world that are not made by people, and all the events and processes that are not caused by people.

    近义词

    the environment

    双语例句

    例：

    The most amazing thing about nature is its infinite variety.

    大自然最让人惊叹的地方在于它的无限多样性。

    例：

    grasses that grow wild in nature.

    自然界生长的野草。

    例：

    the ecological balance of nature.

    自然的生态平衡。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 本质

    The nature of something is its basic quality or character.

    双语例句

    例：

    Mr Sharp would not comment on the nature of the issues being investigated.

    夏普先生不愿就被调查问题的本质发表评论。

    例：

    The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature.

    一个大国的崛起究其本质包括经济和军事两个方面。

    例：

    the ambitious nature of the programme.

    雄心勃勃的计划。

    3. [SING 单数型名词] 性格

    Someone's nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave.

    双语例句

    例：

    Jeya feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage.

    耶雅觉得她不安分的个性使她不适合包办婚姻。

    例：

    She trusted people. That was her nature.

    她信任人，那是她的天性。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • by its nature

    1. 本质上 , 按其固有的性质

    If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.

    双语例句

    例：

    Peacekeeping, by its nature, makes pre-planning difficult.

    维和行动本身的特点决定了预先制订计划很困难。

  • in the nature of things

    1. 事出必然

    If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned.

    双语例句

    例：

    Of course, in the nature of things, and with a lot of drinking going on, people failed to notice.

    喝了那么多的酒，人们当然没有注意到。

  • in the nature of something

    1. 和…类似的

    If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing.

    双语例句

    例：

    There is movement towards, I think, something in the nature of a pluralistic system.

    我认为，出现了某种向类似多元化体系转变的趋势。

  • second nature

    1. 第二天性

    If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you.

    双语例句

    例：

    Planning ahead had always come as second nature to her.

    预先计划一直是她的第二天性。

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