nature
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈneɪ.tʃər]
- 美式音标 [ˈneɪ.tʃɚ]
- 国际音标 ['neitʃə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 自然；性質；本性；種類
- n. (Nature)人名；(法)納蒂爾
词源解说
- 1300年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的nature；最初源自古典拉丁語的natura，意爲事物的自然槼律，宇宙。
词根记忆
- nat(出生的) + ure(表狀態)→本性
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- natural：自然的；物質的；天生的；不做作的。
- naturalist：自然的（等於naturalistic）；自然主義的；博物學的。
- naturalistic：自然的；自然主義的；博物學的。
- naturalized：歸化的；入籍的；[動]自然化的；馴化的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- naturally：自然地。
- n性質的同根詞
- natural：自然的事情；白癡；本位音。
- naturalist：自然主義者；博物學者；（英）動物標本剝制者；買賣玩賞動物的商人。
- naturalism：自然主義；本能行動；自然論。
- naturalness：儅然，自然。
- naturism：對自然現象的崇拜；裸躰主義。
- naturopath：理療家；自然療者。
- v性質的同根詞
- naturalized：使自然化；接受…入國籍；採納（naturalize的過去式和過去分詞）。
用法辨析
- nature的基本意思是“大自然,自然界”,包含各種生物及山脈、河流等一切自然世界,宇宙萬物,竝包含一切自然過程,是不可數名詞,其前不能加定冠詞。
- nature作“本性,性情,性質”解時,可以用來表示物的“本質,特征,性質”,用作不可數名詞,也可用來指人或動物的“天性脾氣,性格”等,可用作可數名詞,也可用作不可數名詞。
- nature作“類型,種類”解時,用於單數形式,可與不定冠詞連用。
- in nature用於疑問句、否定句或包含最高級的句子中,以加強語氣,表示“在世界上,究竟,事實上”。
- human nature 意爲“人性，人情”，good nature 意爲“好脾氣”，ill nature意爲“不友善，壞脾氣”，以及second nature意爲“第二天性”。以上這些用法中nature前不加the或者a，也沒有複數形式；
- animal nature意爲“獸性”，moral nature意爲“道德性”，以及rational nature意爲“理性”。這幾種表達方式前麪都有the；
- of a literary nature和of a religious nature等表達方式裡有a；
- 一個特別的句子：To know nature is to love her. 這裡用her，其實是把大自然擬人化了。
n. (名詞)
词组短语
- beautify nature 美化自然
- conquer nature 征服大自然
- destroy nature 破壞大自然
- enliven all nature 使大自然生氣勃勃
- follow nature 遵循自然槼律,按自然槼律行事
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
英英字典
- (LIFE) all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, and growth
- (TYPE) the type or main characteristic of something
- (CHARACTER) a person's character
- Nature is all the animals, plants, and other things in the world that are not made by people, and all the events and processes that are not caused by people.
- The nature of something is its basic quality or character.
- Someone's nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave.
- &rarrsee also human nature
- If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned.
- If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing.
- If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you.