Nature
['neɪtʃə] or ['netʃɚ]
解释:
(noun.) the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; 'it is his nature to help others'.
(noun.) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; 'it is the nature of fire to burn'; 'the true nature of jealousy'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; 'they tried to preserve nature as they found it'.
(noun.) 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'.
编辑:帕梅拉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
(n.) The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence.
(n.) The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
(n.) Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
(n.) The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.
(n.) Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.
(n.) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
(n.) Natural affection or reverence.
(n.) Constitution or quality of mind or character.
(v. t.) To endow with natural qualities.
校对:谢尔比
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. World, creation, universe, system of created things, aggregate of phenomena, world of matter and of mind, sum of causes and effects.[2]. Sum total of sensible objects, world of matter.[3]. Character, essence, constitution, quality.[4]. Kind, sort, species.[5]. Temper, disposition, humor, mood, grain.[6]. Mind, intelligence, intelligent being.[7]. Active principle of the universe, soul of the universe, God.[8]. Regular course of things, usual or established order of events.[9]. What is natural, conformity with nature, accordance with truth or reality.
约翰娜编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Essence, creation, constitution, structure, disposition, truth, regularity,kind, sort, character, species, affection, naturalness
ANT:Thing, object, subject, man, being, creature, monstrosity, unnaturalness, art,fiction, romance, invention
录入:雷内
解释:
n. the power which creates and which regulates the material world: the power of growth: the established order of things the universe: the qualities of anything which make it what it is: constitution: species: conformity to nature truth or reality: inborn mind character instinct or disposition: vital power as of man or animal: course of life: nakedness: a primitive undomesticated condition.—adj. Nā′tured having a certain temper or disposition: used in compounds as good-natured.—ns. Nā′ture-dē′ity a deity personifying some force of physical nature; Nā′ture-myth a myth symbolising natural phenomena; Nā′ture-print′ing the process of printing in colours from plates that have been impressed with some object of nature as a plant leaf &c.; Nā′ture-wor′ship Nā′turism worship of the powers of nature.—n. Nā′turist.—adj. Naturist′ic.—Debt of nature death; Ease or Relieve nature to evacuate the bowels.
校对:贾斯廷
娱乐性解释：
The author of 'The Seasons,' an interesting work over which Spring pours, Summer smiles, and Autumn turns the leaves while Winter catches the drift of it all.
校对:韦恩
例句:
- Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Human nature appears to be just the same, all over the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Of what nature are they? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- His hat presents at the rims a peculiar appearance of a glistening nature, as if it had been a favourite snail-promenade. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The most obvious conclusion from this is, that human nature is in general pusillanimous; since upon the sudden appearance of any object. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Men find themselves a part of Merry England or Holy Russia; they grow up into these devotions; they accept them as a part of their nature. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Gerty Farish had opposed the plan with all the energy of her somewhat inarticulate nature. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- His model was a po em by Empedocles on Nature, the grand hexameters of which had fasci nated the Roman poet. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In the first place, as we began by observing, the nature of the philosopher has to be ascertained. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- And ought not the same natures to have the same pursuits? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I mean to say that there do exist natures gifted with those opposite qualities. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Noble natures under such circumstances become enraged. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Your two natures agree with you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Then it will be our duty to select, if we can, natures which are fitted for the task of guarding the city? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Winnie is a special nature, and for special natures you must give a special world. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- They cannot change their natures. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- All of us that have anything good in our natures. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Our natures dovetailed: mutual affection--of the strongest kind--was the result. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- And what numberless and powerful causes tend to destroy these rare natures! 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Neither, for the matter of that, do such natures as mine. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Their natures seemed to sparkle in full interplay, they were enjoying a pure game. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Then a soul which forgets cannot be ranked among genuine philosophic natures; we must insist that the philosopher should have a good memory? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Mental suffering and trial supply, in some natures, the place of years, and I will be as plain with you as if I were a Lady Abbess. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
手打:尼尔