call of nature

基本解釋

When penguins get a call of nature, they're generally not too fussy where they go.
當(dāng)企鵝想要上廁所時(shí)，他們通常對去哪里排便不會太挑剔。
I'm told ... he urgently needed to attend a call of nature only to be ordered to allow visitors first use of a toilet near the control room.
我聽說槍手急需如廁，但被下令讓來賓優(yōu)先使用控制室旁的廁所。
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He had to leave suddenly to answer the call of nature.
他不得不忽然離開去處理下內(nèi)急。

And so the next thing you do is you call up a journal and say I've discovered a fundamental law of nature.
下一步你做的事是打電話給一個雜志,并宣稱你發(fā)現(xiàn)了一條自然界的基礎(chǔ)定律。
麻省理工公開課 - 熱力學(xué)與動力學(xué)課程節(jié)選
I just say that in passing to call your attention to it as a risk that's involved in our engagement with a hermeneutic project of the nature of Gadamer's.
我這樣說只是為了提醒你們,研究有伽達(dá)默爾的詮釋學(xué)理論時(shí),可能有這樣的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
To engage in civil disobedience of any kind is not only to call this or that rule into question but it is to call into question the very nature of law, the very question of the rules.
任何形式的公民違抗,都不僅是質(zhì)疑那項(xiàng)單一法規(guī),更是質(zhì)疑法律的本質(zhì)，質(zhì)疑所有的法規(guī)。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

O.s liked having a house guru, a firm whisperer, on call, and the nature of the relationship gave Bain an interest in something that other consulting companies had little reason to care about after they collected their fees, which was whether the advice they sold actually helped the company do better.
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