natural

英 ['nætʃrəl] 美 ['nætʃrəl]

• adj. 自然的；天然的；私生的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]自然的,天然的

   of or being what exists or happens ordinarily in the world, especially not caused, made, or controlled by people

2. 表现自然的,不做作的

   not looking or sounding different form usual; not affected

3. 天生的,生来的

   belonging to sb from birth; not learned

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 自然的，自然状态的
2. 天然的
3. 正常的
4. 天赋的，天生的
5. 未开垦的
6. 不做作的
7. 物质的，非精神的
8. 私生的
9. 逼真的
10. 标明本位号的
11. 自然界的，有关自然界的
12. 合乎常情的
13. 蒙昧的
14. 【音】还原的
15. 本能的

adv. 副词

1. =naturally

n. 名词

1. <口>自然成功的事
2. 【音】本位音，本位号，还原号
3. <婉>白痴
4. 【音】白键
5. 一分牌就赢的两张牌
6. 未曾受过训练而表演得意外出色的人；意外出色的表演
7. 对某方面（似乎）有天生特长的人， 有天赋的人 ，擅长做某事的人
8. 天然物，自然的事情

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone regarded as certain to succeed;

   "he's a natural for the job"
   

2. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

3. (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

Adjective:

1. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature;

   "a very natural development"
   "our natural environment"
   "natural science"
   "natural resources"
   "natural cliffs"
   "natural phenomena"
   

2. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation;

   "a natural pearl"
   "natural gas"
   "natural silk"
   "natural blonde hair"
   "a natural sweetener"
   "natural fertilizers"
   

3. existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical;

   "a perfectly natural explanation"
   

4. functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies;

   "it's the natural thing to happen"
   "natural immunity"
   "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"
   

5. (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone;

   "a natural scale"
   "B natural"
   

6. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct;

   "a cat's natural aversion to water"
   "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
   

7. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;

   "natural yogurt"
   "natural produce"
   "raw wool"
   "raw sugar"
   "bales of rude cotton"
   

8. related by blood; not adopted

9. being talented through inherited qualities;

   "a natural leader"
   "a born musician"
   "an innate talent"
   

10. free from artificiality;

    "a lifelike pose"
    "a natural reaction"
    

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It is natural that he should fall in love with such a beautiful girl.
   他爱上那位美丽的姑娘是很自然的事。
2. I prefer to see animals living in their natural state.
   我宁愿看处于野生状态的动物。
3. Leave her alone. She's natural crier.
   别理她,她是个天生爱哭的人。
4. Harriet Smith was the natural daughter of somebody.
   哈里特·史密斯是一位不知姓名的人的非婚生女。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. I'm beyond my depth when it comes to natural sciences.
   谈到自然科学我就茫然。
2. When the artificial flowers are contrasted with natural ones, you can hardly tell the difference.
   当人造花和自然花对比时,你几乎不能辨出真假。
3. This colour lends warmth to the room, as it gets no natural sunlight.
   这种颜色给房间增添了暖和的感觉,因为这房间得不到自然阳光的照射。
4. We often meet with a difficulty arising out of the peculiar natural conditions.
   我们常常遇到由于特殊自然条件而产生的困难。
5. They plan to build up a surplus of grain against times of natural calamities.
   他们计划储备一些粮食以防发生自然灾害。
6. Though we suffer from serious natural calamities, we are sure to overcome all difficulties.
   我们虽然遭受到了严重的自然灾害,但我们一定能克服一切困难。
7. They prepared to tap the nation's natural mineral wealth.
   他们准备开发国家的自然矿产资源。
8. In addition to natural rivers, the Chinese working class has dug many canals.
   除了天然的河流之外,中国劳动人民还开挖了许多人工河流。
9. When the synthetic fabric is contrasted with a natural one, the difference is very apparent.
   要是把合成纺织品同天然纺织品对比一下,它们的差别就很明显了。
10. Farmers supplement natural fertilizer with chemical fertilizer.
    农民用化肥补充天然肥料。
11. It is regarded as a natural behavior that a man helps the old go downstairs.
    帮助老人下楼被认为是理所当然的行为。
12. He spoke in quite a natural voice.
    他说话声音很自然。
13. I admit to a natural fear.
    我承认生来胆小。
14. Monkeys have natural ability.
    猴子有敏捷灵活的本性。
15. Cats have a natural aversion to water.
    猫生来对水反感。
16. He is a natural musician.
    他是天生的音乐家。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. She is perfectly natural.
   她极其自然。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. Children are usually more natural in their manner than adults.
   孩子们的行动通常比成年人自然。
2. Try to look natural for your photograph.
   拍照时要自然一点。
3. Fighting is natural to dogs.
   狗生性爱斗。

It is/was+～+(for sb) to- v

1. It's very natural to feel nervous when you go to a new school.
   你去一所新学校读书时感到紧张不安是很正常的。
2. It's natural to connect Australia with kangaroos.
   把澳大利亚和袋鼠联想在一起是自然的。
3. It is quite natural for you to succeed.
   你的成功是很自然的。
4. It's natural for you to favour your own profession.
   你热爱自己的职业是很自然的。
5. It's natural for children to grow away from their family.
   孩子们长大以后独立于家庭是很自然的事。

It is/was+～+that-clause

1. It is natural that a child should love its mother.
   孩子爱母亲,这是常情。
2. After reading a book, it is only natural that you don't understand it all. Never mind. Put it aside and start another one.
   读完一本书,有不完全理解的地方是很自然的。没关系。把它搁在一边,再读另一本。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. Don't labour at your writing, try to make it seem easy and natural.
   不要对你所写的东西过分雕琢,要把文章写得简明自然。

经典引文

• I never worked so hard in all my natural.

  出自： C. Mackenzie

• These are not natural events; they strengthen From strange to stranger.

  出自：Tempest , Shakespeare

• Natural or regular..predication..in which the genus is predicated of the species.

  出自： F. Bowen

• The death certificate says 'Natural Causes'.

  出自： P. Moyes

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• natural ability 本能
• natural beauty 自然美
• natural boundary 天然分界线
• natural character 天生的性格
• natural death 寿终正寝
• natural disasters 自然灾害
• natural gas 天然气
• natural gifts 天赋的才能
• natural history 博物学
• natural law 自然法则
• natural manner 自若的态度
• natural parents 亲生父母
• natural phenomena 自然现象
• natural product 天然产物
• natural response 必然反应
• natural result 自然结果
• natural rubber 天然橡胶
• natural sciences 自然科学
• natural scientist 自然科学家
• natural selection 自然选择
• natural son 私生子
• natural voice 自然的嗓音
• natural world 物质世界

副词+～

• perfectly natural 十分自然
• quite natural 十分自然

动词+～

• come natural to sb 对某人来说轻而易举

～+介词

• natural for 与(某人本性、作风)相符合的
• natural to 对…是自然的

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. natural的基本意思是“自然的,天然的”,指事物的形成、存在、发展规律是天生的、天然的、可预期得到的自然结果,而不是人为的,常用作定语。
2. natural可形容某人做事“很自然,不做作”,也可形容事物“正常,自然的”,不令人感到奇怪。natural还可作“天生的”解,表示不用学习而得到的“天赋”。作这两种解释时在句中可用作定语,也可用作表语。
3. natural无比较级和最高级形式。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

natural, native

• 这两个词都有“天生的”“自然的”意思,有时可互换。其区别是：
• native侧重于出生或起源; natural侧重于出自自然而非出自加工。

normal，ordinary，regular，natural，typical

• 这些形容词均含“规则的、正常的、正规的”之意。
• normal指不超过某种限度、符合某种标准或常规。
• ordinary强调一般性和普通性，含不突出的意味。
• regular指按已有模式的、有规律或定期的。
• natural侧重某人或某物的行为符合其固有特性。
• typical指个体能体现出群体的特征。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年进入英语，直接源自古法语的naturel；最初源自古典拉丁语的naturalis，意为自然产生的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• candid
• common

【反义词】

• affected
• pretended
• unnatural