?Huh... Just for once in my life, I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural.

——The Downton Abbey

哪怕此生僅一次，讓我睡到自然醒就好。

——《唐頓莊園》

一、下面我們來看看natural有幾種含義

adj.

1.自然的，有關(guān)自然界的?existing in nature

Don't worry. It's a natural phenomenon.

別擔(dān)心，這是自然現(xiàn)象。

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2.天然的，未加工的；非人為的?not made or caused by humans

Some insects have a natural camouflage which hides them from the attack of their enemies.

有些昆蟲有一種天然的保護(hù)色可以防止敵人的襲擊。

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3.不做作的，不加修飾的?relaxed and not pretending to be sb / sth different

Try to look natural for your photograph.

拍照要盡量顯得自然、不做作。

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4.天生的，天賦的?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.

我們的才能如野生植物，需要用學(xué)習(xí)這個(gè)工具加以修剪。

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5.親生的（家人），有血統(tǒng)關(guān)系的?related by blood

She has adopted three abandoned Vietnamese children herself, raising them in France alongside her natural son and daughter.

她本人還領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了三名越南棄兒，讓他們和她親生的一兒一女一起生活在法國(guó)。

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n.

1.天然物，自然的事情 [C] natural things?

Doing all this was a natural for him.

所有這一切都是他自然要做的事。

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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.

他天生適合擔(dān)任這個(gè)角色。

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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.

這方法一定靈。

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4.【音】本位音，還原號(hào) [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.

這是以本位音演奏的。

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二、含有natural的常見短語(yǔ)

natural gas

天然氣

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natural law

自然法則

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natural logarithm

自然對(duì)數(shù)

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natural philosophy

n.自然哲學(xué)(舊時(shí)用以指自然科學(xué),尤指物理學(xué))

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natural resources

n.天然資源

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三、最后，做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

He thought social inequality was all part of the _______ order of things.
他認(rèn)為社會(huì)不平等完全合乎事物的自然規(guī)律。 ?