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自然
Natural
Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.
惠特尼想要消除这样一种想法，即在语言的例子中，我们面对的是一种天生的能力;事实上，社会制度与自然制度是对立的。
Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness.
我想，这就是我的天性吧，我喜欢结交新朋友，而且很愿意和他们断绝关系，虽然我这样做总是有充分的理由，而且决不是由于一时的浮躁。
Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.
不管我有什么运气，我都是自己创造的。我从来都不是一个天生的运动员，但我付出了汗水和专注，花了必要的时间学习空手道，成为世界冠军。
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
从一个城市环境到一个极端偏远的自然环境的不和谐的变化是非常鼓舞人心的。它不断地刺激，就像一记耳光。
Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.
也许灾难是自然的人类环境，尽管我们花费了大量的精力试图摆脱它，但我们已经为在灾难中生存做好了准备。
It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish, but with my makeup, I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me.
这很有趣，因为我喜欢炫目的衣服和指甲油，但是我的妆容让我更喜欢自然的妆容。感觉更像我。
It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.
这很有趣，因为音乐是很自然的事情之一。随着年龄的增长，你会听到很多这样的音乐，它渗透到你的内心，最终你会创作出自己的音乐。
Blues is a natural fact, is something that a fellow lives. If you don't live it you don't have it. Young people have forgotten to cry the blues. Now they talk and get lawyers and things.
布鲁斯是一个自然的事实，是一个人生活的东西。如果你没有生活，你就没有生活。年轻人已经忘记了悲伤。现在他们聊天，请律师什么的。
The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.
当然，现代自然科学的进步远远超出了所有人的预期，任何有关自然科学可能存在某些局限性的说法，都必然会引起怀疑。
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
任何一个国家的土地一旦全部变成私有财产，地主们就像所有的人一样，喜欢从不播种的地方收割，甚至对其自然产物也要收取租金。
I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.
我在上面已经论证过，我们无法阻止奇点的出现，奇点的到来是人类天生的竞争力和技术固有的可能性的必然结果。
The sea has now changed from it's natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land.
现在的海洋已经从天然的，变成了河流的颜色，这可能是一些溪流流入海湾的结果，或者流入海湾以北的海洋，穿过低地。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There's no quick or magical way to lose weight. You just have to do it the natural way - diet and exercise and stick to it - and be able to do it at your own pace.
没有快速或神奇的减肥方法。你只需要以自然的方式去做——节食、锻炼并坚持下去——并且能够按照你自己的节奏去做。
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
沉湎于希望的幻想是很自然的。我们倾向于对那个海妖闭上眼睛，直到她引诱我们走向死亡。
I am not a natural dancer.
我不是天生的舞者。
There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves. It sucks.
有些人在比赛中仅仅是因为类固醇。他们无法凭借自己的天赋做到这一点，所以他们必须提升自己。它糟透了。
The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
最好的办法是看起来自然，但是要化妆才能看起来自然。
Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.
家庭生活对我们来说并不像笼子对凤头鹦鹉一样自然。