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自然力
  • [zìránlì]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

自然力 [zìránlì]
  1. 1. noun Power either perilous or beneficial to human beings generated by the movement of natural matters; hydraulic power, wind power, and tidal power; element
    国家大力提倡使用自然力发电。
    The state strongly promotes the use of natural forces for power generation.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

自然力 [zìránlì]
  1. 1. 自然界物质运动所产生的力。如水力、风力、潮汐力等。这种力可以对人的生存构成威胁,也可以成为为人类服务的巨大能源。

Examples

the brute force of nature
无情的自然力
an impersonal force
非人力(指自然力等)

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