| 词汇 | preternatural |
| 释义 | preternatural adjective formaluk /ˌpriː.təˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ us /ˌpriː.t̬ɚˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/ more than is usual or natural: 异常的；超自然的 Anger gave me preternatural strength, and I managed to force the door open.我一气之下使出少有的力气，硬把门撞开了。 Synonym otherworldly Strange, suspicious and unnatural aberrant aberrantly abnormal abnormally add freakishly freakishness funnily funnily enoughidiom ghostliness perverse perversely perversity perverted pervy wack wackadoodle wackily wackiness wacky Related wordpreternaturally Examples of preternaturalpreternatural The point was to distinguish the preternatural and the supernatural, the wonders (mirabilia) of demons and the miracles (miracula) of saints. Virtuosity - and here the stock nineteenth-century operatic heroine comes to mind - only added to the 'vivacity' of the preternatural cry. It would need a back of preternatural strength and hardihood, grievously laden as it already is, to bear these additional burdens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Artists undoubtedly have insights, what the old scholastic theologians, now gone out of fashion, used to refer to as preternatural gifts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some escapees have other preternatural powers, such as the ability to control the elements or turn invisible. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the story can not be entirely excluded from mythos continuity either, since it makes reference to preternatural, godlike beings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Publicity imitates that aura of personal prestige and preternatural authority which the representative public sphere had once imparted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These devices refer to a sprite as a preternatural creature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a favorite among fans for his unique personality, cultural discernment, and his almost preternatural competence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both include misfit superheroes shunned by society and both are led by men of preternatural intelligence confined to wheelchairs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His aim is uncanny, at a nearly preternatural level, but he has been known to miss moving targets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are blind, lacking any form of visual organ, but possess a preternatural sense of smell. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This was a development of the idea that preternatural phenomena were fake miracles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The writing of the show is structured around various scientific principles, with emotional and academic struggles combined with unfolding mysteries of a preternatural nature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In contrast to the supernatural, preternatural phenomena are presumed to have explanations that are unknown. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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