自然而然：natural的用法小結
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，有關自然界的 existing in nature
Don't worry. It's a natural phenomenon.
別擔心，這是自然現象。
2.天然的，未加工的；非人爲的 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色可以防止敵人的襲擊。
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.
拍照要儘量顯得自然、不做作。
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，需要用學習這個工具加以修剪。
5.親生的（家人），有血統關係的 related by blood
She has adopted three abandoned Vietnamese children herself, raising them in France alongside her natural son and daughter.
她本人還領養了三名越南棄兒，讓他們和她親生的一兒一女一起生活在法國。
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。
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.
他天生適合擔任這個角色。
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。
4.【音】本位音，還原號 [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。
二、含有natural的常見短語
natural gas
天然氣
natural law
自然法則
natural logarithm
自然對數
natural philosophy
n.自然哲學(舊時用以指自然科學,尤指物理學)
natural resources
n.天然資源
三、最後，做個填詞遊戲吧
He thought social inequality was all part of the _______ order of things.
他認爲社會不平等完全合乎事物的自然規律。
