A2 [ U ] 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大自然,自然界
the force that is responsible for physical life and that is sometimes spoken of as a person自然力
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Lying naked in the grass, among the trees and birds, he felt he had communed with nature.
He lived in close communion with nature.
But I digress. To get back to what I was saying, this poem reflects the poet's love of nature and his religious beliefs.
Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature .
Modernist architecture tries to conquer nature instead of working with it.
C1 [ S or U ] the type or main characteristic of something种类;特性;本质
to be usual and expected是正常的,是理所当然的
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Even the police were horrified at the macabre nature of the killings.
If you think that these transport problems can be solved by building more roads, you completely misunderstand the nature of the problem.
The book is full of interesting observations on/about the nature of musical composition.
By its nature, terrorism is designed to strike at the heart of our democratic values.
Students, she complained, had nothing better to do than spend whole days philosophizing about the nature of truth.
B2 [ C or U ] a person's character性格,本性
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I think she takes advantage of his good nature.
Her calm nature served as a natural counterbalance to his excitable personality.
His poems reveal the duality of his nature, the joy and hope, the fear and despair.
The vicar praised what he called her "kind and forbearing nature".
Even the police were horrified at the macabre nature of the killings.
the force that is responsible for physical life and that is sometimes spoken of as a person自然力
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