| 词汇 | natural |
| 释义 | natural adjective uk /ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ us /ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/ naturaladjective (NOT ARTIFICIAL)B1 as found in nature and not involving anything made or done by people: 天然的，非人为的;非人造的 a natural substance自然物质 People say that breast-feeding is better than bottle-feeding because it's more natural.人们认为母乳喂养比用奶瓶喂养好，因为母乳更为天然。 natural causesHe died from natural causes (= because he was old or ill).他是自然死亡。 natural disaster Floods and earthquakes are natural disasters.洪水和地震是自然灾害。 C1 A natural ability or characteristic is one that you were born with: （能力）天生的;（特性）固有的 natural beauty自然美 a natural talent for sports运动天赋 She's a natural blonde (= her real hair colour is blonde).她天生一头金发。 (of a person or their behaviour) seeming normal and relaxed: sound natural"Hi, how are you?" he asked, trying to sound natural. He reads the news in a natural, conversational way. Natural food or drink is pure and has no chemical substances added to it and is therefore thought to be healthy: （食物或饮品）天然的，纯的，无添加剂的 natural mineral water天然矿泉水 natural ingredients天然成分 someone's natural mother/father/parent a parent who caused someone to be born, although possibly not their legal parent or the parent who raised them: 某人的亲生母亲／父亲／父母 She was eventually reunited with her natural mother. A good diet helps build the body's natural defences. If we continue to deplete the earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.如果我们继续消耗地球上的自然资源，将对环境造成严重的破坏。 It was her natural elegance that struck me.她的自然优雅让我印象深刻。 The garden has been designed to harmonize with the natural landscape.这个花园设计得与自然景观很协调。 She had died of natural causes.她是自然死亡。 Natural and artificial anti-natural artificial artificiality artificially biodynamic fake false freshness God-given imitation pure rawness refined simulated synthetic unnatural unnaturally unposed unprocessed untamed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Innate and congenital Exciting and interesting Habitual and customary Various qualities of food naturaladjective (EXPECTED)B2 normal or expected: 正常的；平常的；当然的 Of course you're upset - it's only natural.当然你会难受——这一点儿也不奇怪。 it is natural thatIt's natural that you should feel anxious when you first leave home.你第一次离开家感觉焦虑是很正常的。 it is natural toIt's quite natural to experience a few doubts just before you get married.结婚前你会产生些许疑虑，这是很自然的。 normal normalTemperatures are well above normal today. usualI went to bed at my usual time. ordinaryThe magazine has stories about ordinary people rather than celebrities. standardIt's standard practice for surgeons to wear gloves. naturalIt's completely natural to feel anxious on your first day at a new school. typicalHe was a typical teenager - arguing with his parents and staying out late. Loss of memory is a natural concomitant of old age.上年纪后记忆力自然会随之衰退。 Unhappiness was woven into the natural fabric of people's lives.苦恼忧愁原是人们日常生活的一部分。 It's only natural that you should worry about your children.你担心自己的孩子，这是很自然的事情。 She'd always worked with old people so becoming a nurse was a natural progression. I think a certain amount of worry about work is very natural, but you've got to keep it in proportion . Habitual and customary accustomed all in a day's workidiom as a (general) ruleidiom as a matter of courseidiom as per usual/normalidiom inveterate inveterately knee-jerk mainstreaming make it a ruleidiom mechanical nine per prevail pro forma regulation rule surprise surprise, surpriseidiom trad naturaladjective (MUSIC)[ after noun ] (of a musical note) not sharp(= a semitone higher than the stated note) or flat(= a semitone lower than the stated note): E naturalE 本位音 Notes of the musical scale B, b blue note C, c D, d doh flat la lah major mi middle C minor off-key re register run semitone soh sol sol-fa natural noun[ C ] uk /ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ us /ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/ naturalnoun[C] (PERSON)informal someone who was born with the right characteristics or abilities for doing a particular thing: 天生具有…才能的人，有…天赋的人 She won't have any troubles learning to ride a horse - you can see she's a natural.她学习骑马不会有任何困难——可以看得出她天生就是个骑手。 Experts and specialists academician artist authority boffin child prodigy doyenne know something inside outidiom lapidary Latin Americanist literati maven savant semiotician skilled smart money sports scientist whizz wonder wonderkid wunderkind naturalnoun[C] (NOTE)music specialized an musical note that is not a sharp(= a semitone higher than the stated note) or a flat(= a semitone lower than the stated note): The bassoon plays a natural instead of a flat. The period sees the introduction of key signatures and accidentals: sharps, flats, and naturals. Her fingers picked their pathway through sharps, flats, and naturals on the guitar. The B in the second bar is not a natural; it's a flat. Sharps, flats, and naturals raise, lower, or restore a note from or to its normal or fixed place. Notes of the musical scale B, b blue note C, c D, d doh flat la lah major mi middle C minor off-key re register run semitone soh sol sol-fa natural adverb informaluk /ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ us /ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/ in a way that is normal and relaxed: act naturalYou're supposed to act natural when we're recording the video. See also naturally Exciting and interesting absorbing absorbingly action-packed adventurous alley excitingly exhilarating eye-catchingly fancifully fascinating provocative provocatively pulsating punchy racy vibrantly watchable with bells onidiom zhuzh zing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Habitual and customary natural | American Dictionarynatural adjective us/ˈnætʃ·ər·əl/ naturaladjective (NOT ARTIFICIAL)from nature; not artificial or involving anything made or caused by people: Cotton is a natural fiber. He died of natural causes (= because he was old or ill). Floods and earthquakes are natural disasters. If food or drink is described as natural, it means it has no artificial chemical substances added to it. naturaladjective (BORN WITH)having an ability or characteristic because you were born with it: a natural athlete a natural blonde naturaladjective (EXPECTED)to be expected; usual: a natural reaction [ + to infinitive ]It’s only natural to be upset when your dog dies. naturaladjective (MUSIC)[ not gradable ] musicus/ˈnætʃ·ər·əl/ (of written music) having no sharp or flat: a B natural a natural scale natural noun[ C ] us/ˈnætʃ·ər·əl/ naturalnoun[C] (MUSIC)musicus/ˈnætʃ·ər·əl/ a mark in written music that shows that a note should return to its original pitch naturalnoun[C] (PERSON BORN WITH)infml a person born with the characteristics or abilities needed for doing something: She won’t have any trouble learning to ride a horse – she’s a natural. natural | Business Englishnatural adjective uk /ˈnætʃərəl/us as found in nature, and not involving anything made or done by people: natural flavourings/foods/ingredientsOver 50% of all cosmetics products in the Chinese market are advertised as consisting of natural ingredients. They are implementing a major economic recovery programme after the country's worst-ever natural disaster. normal or expected: Having seen the value of their shares collapse, it was only natural for shareholders to complain. For the customer, the natural choice is a repayment mortgage, not an endowment. used to describe an ability or a characteristic that someone was born with: He was a natural leader. Examples of naturalnatural Such a function represents a partial function on naturals, where the proof of even (n) may be seen as a precondition. There is no real difference between the usual first-order objects of the mathematical discourse - such as naturals, sets and so forth - and the proof objects. The naturals are simple to enumerate, and there clearly exists a bijection between the naturals and the rationals; but this bijection is not simple to compute. The third type, a logarithm (base 2, base 10, or natural) of the unsigned fold change, is undoubtedly the most tractable. In natural populations, lifespan and reproductive period are thought to co-evolve. The distinctions which associate the masculine with the intellectual and the feminine with the non-intellectual are acknowledged to be social rather than natural. The use of peptides that differ from those resulting from natural intracellular processing has previously given rise to similar problems. Instead, they develop natural immunity against the different serotypes, though this immunity gradually declines with old age. There is some evidence that early exposure to high natural levels of cat allergens can prevent such an inappropriate immune response. Scientists have worked on gaining clearer and better-grounded beliefs about the natural world. Resentment was thus the natural corollary of enforcement, especially of strictures so otherworldly. Money and bureaucracy had replaced the workings of nature and natural feelings. Their argument is that natural selection is a mechanism, and therefore a cause, of evolution. My natural reaction to that is not good. What is the function of this "natural," ethical order? See all examples of natural These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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