原味酸奶My hair soon grew i?acfc to its nature^ colour j；= after being dyed).我的头发很快又恢复了本色。◊ The clothes are available in warm natural colours, 衣服有各种自然的暖色调可供挑选。一compare super- natural(I)

►■EXPECTED 期待 2 normal; as you would expect 正常的；

自然的；意嵙之中的：to die 〇/ natural causes (= not by violence, but normally, of old age).自然托亡◊ JFfe thought social inequality was all part of the natural order 〇/things.他认为社会不平等完全合乎事物的自然规 律。◊ S/ie was the naturaZ choice/or the job.做那份:工 _，她是当然人选。一compareunnatural

►                 BEHAVIOUR 行为 3 used to describe behaviour that is

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 nature^ agiiify o/a cat 猫天生的敏捷灵.◊ the naturdprocesses 〇/ iangua^e 〖earning _习语言的自然过程◊ ft’s onlly natural to worry about your children.    i

然的。

►                 ABIL丨TY 能力 4 [only before noun] having an ability that you were bom with天賦的；天生具有某种能力的：He’s a naturaneader•他夫圭差个领袖。

►                 RELAXED 放松 5 relaxed and not pretending to be sb/sth different示咖束的；.不做作的；自然的：ft’s d^icu〖t to Zoofc nature^ when you’re /eeh’ng nervous.当你 M张的时 候，就很难显得轻松自然。

►                 PARENTS/CHILDREN 父母；孩子 6 [on丨y before noun] (of

parents or their children 父母或其子女）related by blood 有血缘关..系的；亲生的：His naturaZ mother was unaWe to care/or 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。7 [only before noun] (o/c/ t/se or    (of a son or daughter 儿女）bom to

parents who are not married 非婚生的；私生的 H771 illegitimate ： She was a natural daughter of King James JI•她是国王詹姆斯二世的私生女。

►                 BASED ON HUMAN REASON 符合埋性 8 [only before noun] based on human reason alone符合人的理性的；正常 的；自然的：mm/mfju5tice/〖aw自然公道/规#

►                 IN MUSIC 音乐 9 used after the name of a note to show that the note is neither sharp nor flat. The written symbol is 〇〇.本位音的，标有还原号的（书写符号为彳）：

B naturd * B 本位音 <—picture o music

■ noun

►                 PERSON 人 1 〜（for sth) a person who is very good at sth without having to learn how to do it, or who is perfectly suited for a particular job 有天賦的人；擅长做 某事的A: She toofc to办ing Zifce a natural她迷上文戈 行，仿佛夫生就会似的。◊ He’s a naturd/or the ro〖e•他 是这个角色的最佳人选。

►                 IN MUSIC 音乐 2 a normal musical note, not its sharp or flat form. The written symbol is (l〇.本位音，还原 音，本位号（书写符号为U

'natural-born adj. [only before noun] having a natural ability or skill that you have not had to learn 天生的；

天賦的；与生俱来的

.natural 'childbirth noun [U] a method of giving birth to a baby in which a woman chooses not to take drugs and does special exercises to make her relaxed 自然分

娩法

.natural 'gas noun [U] gas that is found under the ground or the sea and that is used as a fuel 天然气

.natural 'history noun [u, C] the study of plants and animals; an account of the plant and animal life of a particular place博物学；（某地区的）动植物研究•• the iVatura〖 History Museum 自然历史博物馆ffe has written a natural history of Scotland.

博物志。

nat-ural-ism /'naetjralizam/ noun [U] 1 a style of art or writing that shows people, things and experiences as they really are自然主义（文学、艺术以反映现实为宗 旨）2 (p/?/‘/osop/7y 哲）the theory that everything in the world and life is based on natural causes and laws, and not on spiritual or supernatural ones 自然主义（.认为 宇宙间的-:-切存在和事件都是自然的>

nat-ur-al-ist /'naetjralist/ noun a person who studies animals, plants, birds and other living things 博物学家

nat-ur-al-is-tic /.naetjra'listik/ adj. 1 (of artists, writers, etc. or their work艺术家、作家等及其作品）showing things as they appear in the natural world 自然主义

1333  nature

的；自然主义风格的 2 copying the way things are in the natural world-写实的；从自然的：to study behaviour m iabomtofy and ziatumfetic settings 研究实验室里的以

及仿自然环境中的行为

nat-ural-ize (BrE also -ise) /'nsetXralaiz/ verb [usually passive] 1 [VN] to make sb who was not born in a particular country a citizen of that country 使力D 入…国 籍；使成为某国公民；归化2 [VN] to introduce a plant or an animal to a country where it is not native 引进（动 植物）；移植 3 [V】（of a plant or an animal 动植物）to start growing or living naturally in a country where it is not native。适应异域生长环境► natural.iza.tion， -isa-tion /.naetj'relai'zeij'n; NAmE -la'z-/ noun [U]

.natural 'language noun [C, u] a language that has developed in a natural way and is not designed by humans自終语言（自然发展而成，并非人造）

.natural language processing noun [u] {abbr. NLP) the use of computers to process natural languages, for example for translating (计算机)自然语言处理 .natural 'law noun [U] a set of moral principles on which human behaviour is based自然法（人类行为所基 于的#德原则广

nat-ural-ly O-w /'naetxrali/ adv.

1 in a way that you would expect 顺理成章地；自.然 地；当.然地   of course ： Naturally, I get upset

when things go wrong•事情出了错，我当然森会很烦。◊ After a while, we naturally started talking about the children.过了一会儿，我们自然而然地谈起了孩子。◊ ‘Did you compZafn about the noise?’ ‘MituraHy.’ “你是不 是嫌吵了？ ” “ 那还用说。，” 2 without special help，

treatment or action by sb 天然地；自然而然地：natur- aHy occurring chemicaZs天然存在的化学物质◊ pkmts that grow naturaHy in poor soits 贫秦土自然生长的 植物 3 as a normal, logical result of sth 合sA;理iff当 然;^ ;顺理成章;^ : This leads naturally to my next point.这必然引出我的下一个论点。4 in a way that shows or uses abilities or qualities that a person or an animal is bom with 天生地；本能地：to be naturally artistic 有艺术天賦◊ a naturaHy gi；/ted atWete 有天賦兩 运动员 5 in a relaxed and normal way 自然地；.大方 地：Just act naturaHy.放自然点儿就行了。come 'naturally (to sb/sth) if sth comes naturally to you, you are able to do it very easily and very weli 轻命易傘： Making money came naturahy to him.賺钱对他来说轻而 易举。

nat-ur-al-ness /'naetjralnas/ noun [U] 1 the state or quality of being like real life 自然状态；自然；逼真： The naturalness of the dialogue made the book so true to 狀e.自然逼真的对话使得这本书非常贴近生活。；2 the quality of behaving in a normal, relaxed or innocent way -然；大方：Teenagers 〖ose cMidhood sfmph'- city and natumZness.十几岁的青少牵就不像儿时成么 淳朴天真了。3 the style or quality of happening in a normal way that you would expect 当然；必然性：the naturalness 〇/her reaction 她的么然反应 .natural 'number noun {mathematics a positive whole number such as 1，2, or 3, and sometimes also zero自然数

.natural 'science noun [c, u] a science concerned with studying the physical world. Chemistry, biology and physics are all natural sciences.自然科学一compare EARTH SCIENCE, LIFE SCIENCES

.natural selection noun [u] the process by which plants, animals, etc. that can adapt to their environ­ment survive and reproduce, while the others disap- pear自然选择；物竞天择

.natural 'wastage (fir£) (also at-tri-tion NAmE, er£) noun [U] the process of reducing the number of people who are employed by an organization by, for example, not replacing people who leave their jobs 自然减员 na-tlire /'neitja(r)/ noun

► PLANTS, ANIMALS 动植物 1 (often Nature) [U] all the plants, animals and things that exist in the universe that are not made by people 自然界；大自然：the beauties 〇/ nature自然界屮美好的东西◊ man-made substances not/ou/idfn nature自然灰里找不到的人造物