nature

• n. 自然；性質；本性；種類
• n. (Nature)人名；(法)納蒂爾

來自native,出生的，本土的。引申詞義自然，天性。

nature

nature: [13] Etymologically, someone’s nature is the qualities they were ‘born’ with. The word comes via Old French nature from Latin nātūra, a derivative of the verb nāscī ‘be born’ (source of English nation, native, etc). This originally meant simply ‘birth’, but by classical times it had developed to the ‘innate properties or qualities of something or someone’, and hence to the ‘inherent course of things’, the ‘way things are in the world’. The common English sense ‘physical world’ (as in nature study) first began to emerge in the 16th century.
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nature (n.)

late 13c., "restorative powers of the body, bodily processes; powers of growth;" from Old French nature "nature, being, principle of life; character, essence," from Latin natura "course of things; natural character, constitution, quality; the universe," literally "birth," from natus "born," past participle of nasci "to be born," from PIE *gene- "to give birth, beget" (see genus).

From late 14c. as "creation, the universe;" also "heredity, birth, hereditary circumstance; essential qualities, innate disposition" (as in human nature); "nature personified, Mother Nature." Specifically as "material world beyond human civilization or society" from 1660s. Nature and nurture have been contrasted since 1874.

Nature should be avoided in such vague expressions as 'a lover of nature,' 'poems about nature.' Unless more specific statements follow, the reader cannot tell whether the poems have to do with natural scenery, rural life, the sunset, the untouched wilderness, or the habits of squirrels." [Strunk & White, "The Elements of Style," 3rd ed., 1979]

1. The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.

這一聚合物的性質目前是個商業機密。

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2. The most amazing thing about nature is its infinite variety.

大自然最讓人驚歎的是它的無限多樣性。

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3. Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.

羅就偏見的本質講了一番很精辟的話。

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4. The advances in communications altered the nature of information processing.

通訊技術的進步使信息處理發生了質的改變。

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5. Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.

他對一些毒藥的性質和作用的描述驚人地準確。

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