- n. 自然；性質(zhì)；本性；種類
- n. (Nature)人名；(法)納蒂爾
詞組搭配
against nature
unnatural; immoral
不合常情的，反常的；邪惡的
someone's better nature
the good side of a person's character; their capacity for tolerance, generosity, or sympathy
人性中善良的一面
Charlotte planned to appeal to his better nature.
夏洛特打算求助于他善良的一面。
call of nature
used euphemistically to refer to a need to urinate or defecate
(婉)要去廁所
from nature
(in art) using natural scenes or objects as models
（藝術(shù)用語(yǔ)）寫生
get (或 go) back to nature
return to the type of life (regarded as being more in tune with nature) that existed before the development of complex industrial societies
回歸自然
in the nature of
similar in type to or having the characteristics of
類似…的；屬…一類的
a week at home would be in the nature of a holiday.
在家里待一周和度假?zèng)]什么區(qū)別。
in the nature of things
inevitable
必然，理所當(dāng)然
it is in the nature of things that the majority of music prizes get set up for performers rather than composers.
大部分的音樂(lè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)理所當(dāng)然是為演奏者而不是為作曲者設(shè)立的。
inevitably
必然地，理所當(dāng)然地
in the nature of things, old people spend much more time indoors.
當(dāng)然，老年人在室內(nèi)時(shí)間多得多。
in a state of nature
in an uncivilized or uncultivated state
未開(kāi)化狀態(tài)的；野生狀態(tài)的
totally naked
裸體的
(Christian Theology)in a morally unregenerate condition, unredeemed by divine grace
(基督教神學(xué))未得神恩的有罪狀態(tài)
the nature of the beast
(informal)the inherent or essential quality or character of something, which cannot be changed
(非正式)（無(wú)法更改的）本性