记忆方法
将“nature”与“nurture”组合记忆，它们在意义上是相辅相成的，都强调抚养和成长。想象“nature”是自然界的抚养者，提供了环境（如“nurture”所暗示的照顾与滋养），从而帮助学生记住这个单词的含义。
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词族 · nature
词形变化
中文词源
nature 自然，天性
来自native,出生的，本土的。引申词义自然，天性。
英语词源
- nature
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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.
=> native - 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]
权威例句
- 1. The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.
- 这一聚合物的性质目前是个商业机密。
- 2. The most amazing thing about nature is its infinite variety.
- 大自然最让人惊叹的是它的无限多样性。
- 3. Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
- 罗就偏见的本质讲了一番很精辟的话。
- 4. The advances in communications altered the nature of information processing.
- 通讯技术的进步使信息处理发生了质的改变。
- 5. Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.
- 他对一些毒药的性质和作用的描述惊人地准确。
词语辨析
【nature, complexion, personality, disposition, character, temper】
这组词都有“性格、气质、性情、习性”的意思，其区别是：
nature: 指天生的、不可改变性格。
complexion: 指由思维方式、态度和情绪所决定的本质特征。
personality: 主要指一个人稳定的心理特征。
disposition: 书面用词，指人的主要爱好或思想、精神方面的重要习性、气质。也可指短暂的情绪。
character: 指对个性或人格所作出的客观评价，常常与道德有关。
temper: 指从感情方面体现出来，决定处理问题或应付形势的方式的性格或性情，这种性情可以是暂时的也可以长久的。
这组词都有“性格、气质、性情、习性”的意思，其区别是：
nature: 指天生的、不可改变性格。
complexion: 指由思维方式、态度和情绪所决定的本质特征。
personality: 主要指一个人稳定的心理特征。
disposition: 书面用词，指人的主要爱好或思想、精神方面的重要习性、气质。也可指短暂的情绪。
character: 指对个性或人格所作出的客观评价，常常与道德有关。
temper: 指从感情方面体现出来，决定处理问题或应付形势的方式的性格或性情，这种性情可以是暂时的也可以长久的。