Examples

她经济本来不宽裕，可是硬要摆谱儿。

Though she is not well-off, she tries to keep up appearances.

事物本来的辩证法

the dialectics inherent in things

他本来身体很瘦弱。

He used to be thin and weak.

你本来用不着着急。

You needn't have worried about it.

认清他们的本来面目

see them in their true colours

还其本来面目

reveal sth. in its true colours

办个企业本来就不容易，加上这些没完没了的烦琐手续，工作就更加困难了。

It isn't easy to start a business in the first place, but with all this endless red tape, it is all the more difficult.

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