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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

natural ['nætʃrəl]
  1. 1. adjective (normal) 正常的
  2. 2. adjective [+inclination, instinct] (instinctive) 出于本性的
  3. 3. adjective [+flair, aptitude, talent] (innate) 天生的
  4. 4. adjective [+person, manner] (unaffected) 自然的
  5. 5. adjective [+material, product, food] (not man-made) 天然的
  6. 6. adjective [+disaster] 大自然的
  7. 7. adjective [音] 本位音的
  8. 8. adjective [+father, parent, sister] (biological) 亲生的
    it's natural to worry about one's children
    担心自己的孩子是很自然的
    it is natural for us to want excitement
    对我们来说，寻求刺激是很自然的
    to die of natural causes
    自然死亡
    Martin is a natural musician
    马丁是个天生的音乐家

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

natural [ 'næʧərəl] [ 'næʧrəl]
  1. 1. adjective 自然界的；关于自然界的；天然的；非人造的
    I would like to die of natural causes.
    我希望将来能无病无灾地寿终正寝。
    She only cooks with natural ingredients.
    她做饭只用纯天然的佐料。
    a natural science
    自然科学
  2. 2. adjective 自然状态的；未教化的；野生的；未开垦的
  3. 3. adjective 本能的；天生的；固有的；天才的；天赋的
    natural abilities
    本能
    I don't think she is a natural blonde.
    我觉得她的金发不是天生的。
    a natural comedian
    天才喜剧演员
  4. 4. adjective 本能认为正确的；基于本能的道义感的
    natural rights
    天赋权利
  5. 5. adjective 合乎自然规律的；通常的；正常的；符合习惯的；惯常的
    a natural outcome
    正常的结果
    When you go abroad for the first time, it is natural to feel anxious.
    你第一次出国，感到担忧是很正常的。
    a natural courtesy
    惯礼
  6. 6. adjective 不加做作的；自然的
    a natural smile
    自然的微笑
  7. 7. adjective 逼真的；栩栩如生的
    a natural likeness
    象真的一样
  8. 8. adjective 物质的；非精神的
  9. 9. adjective 有血缘关系的；亲生的；生身的
    natural parents
    生身父母
    He died without knowing his natural mother.
    他至死都不知道自己的生母是谁。
  10. 10. adjective 无法律关系的；尤指私生的
  11. 11. adjective [mathematics] 自然数的；真数的
  12. 12. adjective [music] 本位的；标明本位号的
  13. 13. adjective [American English] [slang] （类似非洲黑人蓬松浓密头发的）自然卷发式的
  14. 14. noun 天然的东西；自然的东西；出于本性的事情
  15. 15. noun 智力不健全的人，傻子；白痴
  16. 16. noun [verbal] （好象是）天生的专家；很有天分的人
    He will learn Chinese in a few months because he's a language natural.
    他有语言天赋，几个月内就会学会中文的。
  17. 17. noun [American English] [verbal] （有希望）马上成功的事物
  18. 18. noun [music] 本位号；本位音
  19. 19. noun 土黄色；浅黄褐色
  20. 20. noun [American English] [verbal] （掷骰子中初掷而胜的）七点或十点
  21. 21. noun [American English] [slang] （类似非洲黑人蓬松浓密头发的）自然卷发式
  22. 22. adverb [dialect] naturally

Collins English-English Dictionary

natural ['nætʃrəl]
  1. 1. adj of, existing in, or produced by nature
    natural science
    natural cliffs
  2. 2. n [music] cancel an accidental cancelling a previous sharp or flat
  3. 3. adj in accordance with human nature
    it is only natural to want to be liked
  4. 4. adj as is normal or to be expected; ordinary or logical
    the natural course of events
  5. 5. adj not acquired; innate
    a natural gift for sport
  6. 6. adj being so through innate qualities
    a natural leader
  7. 7. adj not supernatural or strange
    natural phenomena
  8. 8. adj not constrained or affected; genuine or spontaneous
  9. 9. adj not artificially dyed or coloured
    a natural blonde
  10. 10. adj following or resembling nature or life; lifelike
    she looked more natural without her make-up
  11. 11. adj not affected by man or civilization; uncultivated; wild
    in the natural state this animal is not ferocious
  12. 12. adj illegitimate; born out of wedlock
  13. 13. adj not adopted but rather related by blood
    her natural parents
  14. 14. adj [music] not sharp or flat
  15. 15. adj [postpositive] denoting a note that is neither sharp nor flat
    B natural
  16. 16. adj (of a key or scale) containing no sharps or flats - Compare flat sharp
  17. 17. adj [music] of or relating to a trumpet, horn, etc, without valves or keys, on which only notes of the harmonic series of the keynote can be obtained
  18. 18. adj determined by inborn conviction
    natural justice
    natural rights
  19. 19. adj [cards] (of a card) not a joker or wild card
  20. 20. adj (of a canasta or sequence) containing no wild cards
  21. 21. adj (of a bid in bridge) describing genuine values; not conventional
  22. 22. adj based on the principles and findings of human reason and what is to be learned of God from nature rather than on revelation
    natural religion
  23. 23. n [informal] a person or thing regarded as certain to qualify for success, selection, etc
    the horse was a natural for first place
  24. 24. n a note affected by this accidental - Compare flat sharp
  25. 25. n [pontoon] the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards
  26. 26. n [obsolete] an imbecile; idiot
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Examples

deregulate the price of natural gas
撤销对天然气价格管制规定 → deregulate
Coal,petroleum and natural gas are fossil fuels．
煤、石油、天然气是矿物燃料。 → fossil
a natural science
自然科学 → natural
natural abilities
本能 → natural
a natural comedian
天才喜剧演员 → natural
natural rights
天赋权利 → natural
a natural likeness
象真的一样 → natural
a natural outcome
正常的结果 → natural
a natural courtesy
惯礼 → natural
a natural smile
自然的微笑 → natural
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