Huh... Just for once in my life, I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural.

——The Downton Abbey

哪怕此生仅一次，让我睡到自然醒就好。

——《唐顿庄园》

一、下面我们来看看natural有几种含义

adj.

1.自然的，有关自然界的 existing in nature

Don't worry. It's a natural phenomenon.

别担心，这是自然现象。

 

2.天然的，未加工的；非人为的 not made or caused by humans

Some insects have a natural camouflage which hides them from the attack of their enemies.

有些昆虫有一种天然的保护色可以防止敌人的袭击。

 

3.不做作的，不加修饰的 relaxed and not pretending to be sb / sth different

Try to look natural for your photograph.

拍照要尽量显得自然、不做作。

 

4.天生的，天赋的 used to describe behaviour that is part of the character that a person or an animal was born with

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.

我们的才能如野生植物，需要用学习这个工具加以修剪。

 

5.亲生的（家人），有血统关系的 related by blood

She has adopted three abandoned Vietnamese children herself, raising them in France alongside her natural son and daughter.

她本人还领养了三名越南弃儿，让他们和她亲生的一儿一女一起生活在法国。

 

n.

1.天然物，自然的事情 [C] natural things 

Doing all this was a natural for him.

所有这一切都是他自然要做的事。

 

2.【口】生就具有特定才能的人；天才 [C] a person who is very good at sth without having to learn how to do it, or who is perfectly suited for a particular job

He is a natural for the part.

他天生适合担任这个角色。

 

3.【口】自然成功的人或事 [C] something that is likely to become an immediate success

The method is a natural.

这方法一定灵。

 

4.【音】本位音，还原号 [C] a sign ♮ placed on any degree of the musical staff to nullify the effect of a preceding sharp or flat

It's played on the natural.

这是以本位音演奏的。

 

二、含有natural的常见短语

natural gas

天然气

 

natural law

自然法则

 

natural logarithm

自然对数

 

natural philosophy

n.自然哲学(旧时用以指自然科学,尤指物理学)

 

natural resources

n.天然资源

 

三、最后，做个填词游戏吧

He thought social inequality was all part of the _______ order of things.
他认为社会不平等完全合乎事物的自然规律。