nature

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adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
natural：自然的；物質(zhì)的；天生的；不做作的。
naturalist：自然的（等于naturalistic）；自然主義的；博物學(xué)的。
naturalistic：自然的；自然主義的；博物學(xué)的。
naturalized：歸化的；入籍的；[動]自然化的；馴化的。
adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
naturally：自然地。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
natural：自然的事情；白癡；本位音。
naturalist：自然主義者；博物學(xué)者；（英）動物標(biāo)本剝制者；買賣玩賞動物的商人。
naturalism：自然主義；本能行動；自然論。
naturalness：當(dāng)然，自然。
naturism：對自然現(xiàn)象的崇拜；裸體主義。
naturopath：理療家；自然療者。
v性質(zhì)的同根詞
naturalized：使自然化；接受…入國籍；采納（naturalize的過去式和過去分詞）。

nature的基本意思是“大自然,自然界”,包含各種生物及山脈、河流等一切自然世界,宇宙萬物,并包含一切自然過程,是不可數(shù)名詞,其前不能加定冠詞。
nature作“本性,性情,性質(zhì)”解時,可以用來表示物的“本質(zhì),特征,性質(zhì)”,用作不可數(shù)名詞,也可用來指人或動物的“天性脾氣,性格”等,可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。
nature作“類型,種類”解時,用于單數(shù)形式,可與不定冠詞連用。
in nature用于疑問句、否定句或包含最高級的句子中,以加強(qiáng)語氣,表示“在世界上,究竟,事實上”。
human nature 意為“人性，人情”，good nature 意為“好脾氣”，ill nature意為“不友善，壞脾氣”，以及second nature意為“第二天性”。以上這些用法中nature前不加the或者a，也沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式；
animal nature意為“獸性”，moral nature意為“道德性”，以及rational nature意為“理性”。這幾種表達(dá)方式前面都有the；
of a literary nature和of a religious nature等表達(dá)方式里有a；
一個特別的句子：To know nature is to love her. 這里用her，其實是把大自然擬人化了。

(LIFE) 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
(TYPE) the type or main characteristic of something
(CHARACTER) a person's character

Nature is all the animals, plants, and other things in the world that are not made by people, and all the events and processes that are not caused by people.
The nature of something is its basic quality or character.
Someone's nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave.
&rarrsee also human nature
If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned.
If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing.
If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you.