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Huh... Just for once in my life, I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural.
——The Downton Abbey
哪怕此生仅一次，让我睡到自然醒就好。
——《唐顿庄园》
一、下面我们来看看natural有几种含义
adj.
1.自然的，有关自然界的 existing in nature
Don't worry. It's a natural phenomenon.
别担心，这是自然现象。
2.天然的，未加工的；非人为的 not made or caused by humans
Some insects have a natural camouflage which hides them from the attack of their enemies.
有些昆虫有一种天然的保护色可以防止敌人的袭击。
3.不做作的，不加修饰的 relaxed and not pretending to be sb / sth different
Try to look natural for your photograph.
拍照要尽量显得自然、不做作。
4.天生的，天赋的 used to describe behaviour that is part of the character that a person or an animal was born with
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
我们的才能如野生植物，需要用学习这个工具加以修剪。
5.亲生的（家人），有血统关系的 related by blood
She has adopted three abandoned Vietnamese children herself, raising them in France alongside her natural son and daughter.
她本人还领养了三名越南弃儿，让他们和她亲生的一儿一女一起生活在法国。
n.
1.天然物，自然的事情 [C] natural things
Doing all this was a natural for him.
所有这一切都是他自然要做的事。
2.【口】生就具有特定才能的人；天才 [C] 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
He is a natural for the part.
他天生适合担任这个角色。
3.【口】自然成功的人或事 [C] something that is likely to become an immediate success
The method is a natural.
这方法一定灵。
4.【音】本位音，还原号 [C] a sign ♮ placed on any degree of the musical staff to nullify the effect of a preceding sharp or flat
It's played on the natural.
这是以本位音演奏的。
二、含有natural的常见短语
natural gas
天然气
natural law
自然法则
natural logarithm
自然对数
natural philosophy
n.自然哲学(旧时用以指自然科学,尤指物理学)
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