nature

against nature

unnatural; immoral

不合常情的，反常的；邪惡的

someone's better nature

the good side of a person's character; their capacity for tolerance, generosity, or sympathy

人性中善良的一面

Charlotte planned to appeal to his better nature.

夏洛特打算求助于他善良的一面。

call of nature

used euphemistically to refer to a need to urinate or defecate

(婉)要去廁所

from nature

(in art) using natural scenes or objects as models

（藝術(shù)用語(yǔ)）寫生

get (或 go) back to nature

return to the type of life (regarded as being more in tune with nature) that existed before the development of complex industrial societies

回歸自然

in the nature of

similar in type to or having the characteristics of

類似…的；屬…一類的

a week at home would be in the nature of a holiday.

在家里待一周和度假?zèng)]什么區(qū)別。

in the nature of things

inevitable

必然，理所當(dāng)然

it is in the nature of things that the majority of music prizes get set up for performers rather than composers.

大部分的音樂(lè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)理所當(dāng)然是為演奏者而不是為作曲者設(shè)立的。

inevitably

必然地，理所當(dāng)然地

in the nature of things, old people spend much more time indoors.

當(dāng)然，老年人在室內(nèi)時(shí)間多得多。

in a state of nature

in an uncivilized or uncultivated state

未開(kāi)化狀態(tài)的；野生狀態(tài)的

totally naked

裸體的

(Christian Theology)in a morally unregenerate condition, unredeemed by divine grace

(基督教神學(xué))未得神恩的有罪狀態(tài)

the nature of the beast

(informal)the inherent or essential quality or character of something, which cannot be changed

(非正式)（無(wú)法更改的）本性