natural
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈnætʃrəl/
/ˈnætʃrəl/
Word Family
- nature noun
- natural adjective (≠ unnatural)
- naturally adverb (≠ unnaturally)
- [only before noun] existing in nature; not made or caused by humans
自然的；天然的 - the natural world (= of trees, rivers, animals and birds)
自然界 - We should respect animals and the natural environment, which is their home.
我们应该尊重动物和自然环境，这是它们的家。 - a country’s natural resources (= its coal, oil, forests, etc.)
一国的自然资源 - wildlife in its natural habitat
自然栖息地里的野生生物 - The natural beauty of flowers inspired Monet's experiments in colour.
花朵的自然美启发了莫奈的色彩实验。 - All the materials used are natural.
使用的材料都是天然的。 - My hair soon grew back to its natural colour (= after being dyed).
我的头发很快又恢复了本色。 - The clothes are available in warm natural colours.
这些衣服有各种自然的暖色调可供挑选。
Topics The environmenta1- The building is designed to let in as much natural light as possible.
这座建筑的设计是为了让尽可能多的自然光进入。 - Your highlights look really natural.
你挑染的头发看上去真的很自然。 - The lovely natural setting was undisturbed.
可爱的自然环境没有受到干扰。 - It is important to preserve our country's natural heritage.
保护我国的自然遗产很重要。 - The designers were keen to respect the natural landscape.
设计师们热衷于尊重自然景观。 - Cooking is all about capturing the natural flavour of the food.
烹饪就是捕捉食物的自然味道。 - Only ochre and other natural colours are used in the wall paintings.
壁画中只使用了赭色和其他自然颜色。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- completely
- totally
- really
- …
- the natural world (= of trees, rivers, animals and birds)
- (especially of food
尤指食物 天然的： 很少或没有加工- natural yogurt (= with no flavour added)
原味酸奶 - I try to eat a sugar-free, natural food diet.
我尽量吃无糖的天然食物。 - Natural treatments have no unwanted side effects.
自然疗法没有不必要的副作用。 - We made bread with a natural raising agent.
我们用天然起毛剂做面包。
- natural yogurt (= with no flavour added)
- normal; as you would expect
正常的；自然的；意料之中的 - to die of natural causes (= not by violence, but normally, of old age)
自然死亡 - Singing for her was as natural as breathing.
为她唱歌就像呼吸一样自然。 - He thought social inequality was all part of the natural order of things.
他认为社会不平等完全合乎事物的自然规律。 - She was the natural choice for the job.
做那份工作，她是当然人选。 - it is natural (for somebody) to do something It's only natural to worry about your children.
为孩子操心是很自然的。 - It's perfectly natural for you to feel annoyed.
你感到烦恼，这是再正常不过的了。 - it is natural that… It's natural that he would want to see his own son.
他想见自己的儿子是很正常的。
- The man died of natural causes.
这名男子属自然死亡。 - I had a quite natural desire to hit him.
我很自然地想揍他。 - They seemed to be the natural party of government.
他们似乎是政府的天然政党。 - It's only natural that she should feel upset.
她感到难过是再正常不过的。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- only
- perfectly
- quite
- …
- to die of natural causes (= not by violence, but normally, of old age)
- used to describe behaviour or abilities that are part of the character that a person or an animal was born with
天生的；本能的；与生俱来的 - the natural agility of a cat
猫天生的敏捷灵活 - the natural processes of language learning
学习语言的自然过程 - She has a natural ability with children.
她对孩子有天生的能力。 - Daniel's natural talent is for engineering.
丹尼尔天生的天赋是工程学。 - It was my natural instinct to defend myself.
为自己辩护是我天生的本能。 - When body temperature is beginning to fall there is a natural tendency to fall asleep.
当体温开始下降时，有一种入睡的自然趋势。
- Children have a natural desire for affection and security.
儿童天生渴望得到关爱和安全感。 - Hunting is one of a cat's natural instincts.
捕猎是猫天生的本能之一。 - Extreme shyness seemed to be part of her natural character.
极度害羞似乎是她天性的一部分。 - His natural gifts as a preacher meant he was in great demand.
他具有传道者的天赋，很多人需要他。
- the natural agility of a cat
- [only before noun] having an ability that you were born with
天赋的；天生具有某种能力的 - He's a natural leader.
他是个天生领袖。 - She's a natural rebel.
她是天生的叛逆者。
- He's a natural leader.
- relaxed and not pretending to be somebody/something different
不拘束的；不做作的；自然的 - It's difficult to look natural when you're feeling nervous.
当你紧张的时候，很难显得轻松自然。 - There's something really natural about her.
她真的很自然。
- It's difficult to look natural when you're feeling nervous.
- [only before noun] (of parents or their children
父母或其子女 有血缘关系的；亲生的 - His natural mother was unable to care for him so he was raised by an aunt.
他的生母不能照顾他，所以他是姑姑抚养大的。
- His natural mother was unable to care for him so he was raised by an aunt.
- [only before noun] (old use or formal) (of a son or daughter
儿女 非婚生的；私生的 - She was a natural daughter of King James II.
她是国王詹姆斯二世的私生女。
- She was a natural daughter of King James II.
- [only before noun] based on human reason alone
符合人的理性的；正常的；自然的 - I am a firm believer in human rights and natural law.
我坚信人权和自然法。 - It goes against natural justice to punish a child for the crimes of its parents.
因为父母的罪行而惩罚孩子是违反自然正义的。
- I am a firm believer in human rights and natural law.
- enlarge imageused after the name of a note to show that the note is neither sharp nor flat. The written symbol is (♮).
本位音的，标有还原号的（书写符号为 ♮） - B natural
B 本位音
- B natural
in nature自然
expected意料之中
behaviour/ability
relaxed放松
parents/children父母；孩子
based on human reason符合理性
in music音乐
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘having a certain status by birth’): from Old French, from Latin naturalis, from natura ‘birth, nature, quality’, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.