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；性质；本性；种类
- n. (Nature)人名；(法)纳蒂尔
词源解说
- 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的nature；最初源自古典拉丁语的natura，意为事物的自然规律，宇宙。
词根记忆
- nat(出生的) + ure(表状态)→本性
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- natural：自然的；物质的；天生的；不做作的。
- naturalist：自然的（等于naturalistic）；自然主义的；博物学的。
- naturalistic：自然的；自然主义的；博物学的。
- naturalized：归化的；入籍的；[动]自然化的；驯化的。
- adv性质的同根词
- naturally：自然地。
- n性质的同根词
- natural：自然的事情；白痴；本位音。
- naturalist：自然主义者；博物学者；（英）动物标本剥制者；买卖玩赏动物的商人。
- naturalism：自然主义；本能行动；自然论。
- naturalness：当然，自然。
- naturism：对自然现象的崇拜；裸体主义。
- naturopath：理疗家；自然疗者。
- v性质的同根词
- naturalized：使自然化；接受…入国籍；采纳（naturalize的过去式和过去分词）。
用法辨析
- nature的基本意思是“大自然,自然界”,包含各种生物及山脉、河流等一切自然世界,宇宙万物,并包含一切自然过程,是不可数名词,其前不能加定冠词。
- nature作“本性,性情,性质”解时,可以用来表示物的“本质,特征,性质”,用作不可数名词,也可用来指人或动物的“天性脾气,性格”等,可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。
- nature作“类型,种类”解时,用于单数形式,可与不定冠词连用。
- in nature用于疑问句、否定句或包含最高级的句子中,以加强语气,表示“在世界上,究竟,事实上”。
- human nature 意为“人性，人情”，good nature 意为“好脾气”，ill nature意为“不友善，坏脾气”，以及second nature意为“第二天性”。以上这些用法中nature前不加the或者a，也没有复数形式；
- animal nature意为“兽性”，moral nature意为“道德性”，以及rational nature意为“理性”。这几种表达方式前面都有the；
- of a literary nature和of a religious nature等表达方式里有a；
- 一个特别的句子：To know nature is to love her. 这里用her，其实是把大自然拟人化了。
n. (名词)
词组短语
- beautify nature 美化自然
- conquer nature 征服大自然
- destroy nature 破坏大自然
- enliven all nature 使大自然生气勃勃
- follow nature 遵循自然规律,按自然规律行事
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
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.