nature的词语用法

1. 自然，大自然，自然界
2. 天性，本性，性格
3. 性质，本质
4. 自然状态，原始状态
5. 种类，类别，类型
6. 造化
7. 生命力
8. 自然（现象）
9. 自然力
10. 纯真，简朴
11. 造物主

1. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized;

   "it is the nature of fire to burn"
   "the true nature of jealousy"
   

2. 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"
   

3. the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.;

   "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
   

4. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions;

   "it is his nature to help others"
   

5. 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"
   

1.大自然;自然界
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.

e.g. The most amazing thing aboutnature is its infinite variety.
大自然最让人惊叹的是它的无限多样性。
e.g. ...grasses that grow wild innature.
自然界里各种野生的草

2.本质;性质
Thenature of something is its basic quality or character.

e.g. Mr Sharp would not comment on thenature of the issues being investigated.
夏普先生不愿就被调查问题的性质发表评论。
e.g. ...the ambitiousnature of the programme...
雄心勃勃的计划

3.性格;性情;禀性;天性
Someone'snature is their character, which they show by the way they behave.

e.g. Jeya feels that her ambitiousnature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage...
耶娅觉得她不安分的个性不适合包办的婚姻。
e.g. She trusted people. That was hernature...
她信任别人，这是她的天性。

4.违反自然;反常
If you say that something isagainst nature, you think that it is unnatural.

nature

e.g. All these activities are againstnature.
所有这些活动都是违背常理的。

5.回归自然;返璞归真
If you want to getback to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living.

e.g. She was very anxious to get away from cities and back tonature.
她特别渴望离开城市，回归自然。

6.按其固有的性质;就其本质
If you say that something has a particular characteristicby itsnature orby itsvery nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.

e.g. Peacekeeping, by itsnature, 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。
e.g. One could argue that smoking, by its verynature, is addictive.
有人可能认为抽烟从本质上说就具有成瘾性。

7.(委婉说法)内急，需要去洗手间
Some people talk abouta call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.

e.g. I'm afraid I have to answer a call ofnature.
抱歉我要去趟洗手间。

8.理所当然地;必然地
If you say that something isin the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned.

nature的意思

e.g. Of course, in thenature of things, and with a lot of drinking going on, people failed to notice...
喝了那么多酒，大家当然没能察觉到。
e.g. Many have already died, and in thenature of things many more will die.
很多人已经死去，更多的人势必也将会死去。

9.具有…性质的;与…类似的;…之类的
If you say that one thing isin the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing.

e.g. There is movement towards, I think, something in thenature of a pluralistic system...
我想，出现了某种向类似多元体系转变的趋势。
e.g. It was in thenature of a debate rather than an argument.
那更像是一场辩论，而不是争吵。

10.第二天性;习性
If a way of behaving issecond nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you.

e.g. Planning ahead had always come as secondnature to her...
预先计划一直是她的习惯。
e.g. It's not easy at first, but it soon becomes secondnature.
起初不容易，但很快就习惯了。

1. Man often accuses nature of his own misfortune.
   人常因自己的不幸而责怪老天。
2. The dam will check the wildness of nature and bend it to man's will.
   这堤坝将抑制大自然的狂暴,使其顺从人的意志。
3. Myths delight people because they imaginatively picture man's conquest of the forces of nature.
   神话故事能给人以乐趣,因为它们富有想象地描绘出人类对自然力的征服。
4. She has a good nature.
   她性情温和。
5. Her good nature can be presumed upon once too often.
   不妨再利用一次她那善良的天性。
6. He always had a lonely nature and chose to live by himself.
   他一向性情孤僻,愿意过离群索居的生活。
7. Although she often seems quite cold and harsh, her smiling eyes betray her true nature.
   虽然她表面上显得冷冰冰又很严肃,但她微笑的眼睛却流露出真诚的天性。
8. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
   没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。
9. Tigers and sheep have quite different natures.
   老虎和羊有完全不同的天性。
10. What is the nature of the new chemical element?
    这新的化学元素特性怎样?
11. Iron and wood have different natures.
    铁和木头的性质不同。
12. After the clinical examination, the consultant invited his students to put forward any suggestions they had kicked about the nature of the disease.
    临床检查完毕,会诊医师就请学生提出各人对该病的性质的意见。
13. I think he's a physicist or something of that nature.
    我想他大概是物理学家或那一类的人。
14. Things of that nature do not interest me.
    我对那种事物不感兴趣。

• The fleeting nature of riches.

  出自：H. Martineau

• Men have a physical as well as spiritual nature.

  出自：R. W. Dale

• The unquestioning truthfulness of a sunny nature.

  出自：F. W. Farrar

• He is a noble little nature.

  出自：H. James

• The nature of moral or political action.

  出自：R. G. Collingwood

• Children..whose natures are so absorbed in the mere process of growing.

  出自：Day Lewis

• Due to the nature of its use..the road..was usually referred to as Lovers' Lane.

  出自：E. Caldwell

• That kind of talk was a part of her Catholic convert nature.

  出自：L. Hellman

• The nature and properties of a material determine the methods used in processing.

  出自：J. S. Foster

• Not in the grain of my nature to be candid and confessional.

  出自：H. Jacobson

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的nature；最初源自古典拉丁语的natura，意为事物的自然规律，宇宙。