英语词汇“in the nature of things”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. in the nature of things: in accordance with nature; (in later use also more widely) given the circumstances or state of affairs; spec. inevitably given these circumstances.

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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xix. 71 It were follie to staie ouerlong in the confutation of that, which is not in the nature of things.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 523 There are in the nature of things certaine Sympathies and Antipathies.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxii. 132 What..occasions Men to make several Combinations of simple Ideas into distinct..setled Modes, and neglect others; which in the Nature of Things themselves, have as much an aptness to be combined, and make distinct Ideas.

1747 B. Franklin Speech Polly Baker 15 Apr. in Papers (1961) III. 124 Can it be a Crime (in the Nature of Things I mean) to add to the Number of the King's Subjects, in a new Country that really wants People?

1854 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1860) 138 It was not in the nature of things that popularity such as he..enjoyed should be permanent.

1881 Philadelphia Rec. No. 3428. 2 It is not..in the nature of things that a rooster in the Legislature should quietly submit to be lectured by a rooster outside of the legislature.

1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman (1959) 38 His relations with his clients were also cut and dried: very little personal feeling could, in the nature of things, come into them.

1987 M. H. Short & G. N. Leech Style in Fiction §3.1 75/80 The section on figures of speech, in the nature of things, deals with stylistic features which cannot be precisely quantified.

单词	in the nature of things
释义	> as lemmas in the nature of things a. in the nature of things: in accordance with nature; (in later use also more widely) given the circumstances or state of affairs; spec. inevitably given these circumstances. ΚΠ 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xix. 71 It were follie to staie ouerlong in the confutation of that, which is not in the nature of things. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 523 There are in the nature of things certaine Sympathies and Antipathies. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxii. 132 What..occasions Men to make several Combinations of simple Ideas into distinct..setled Modes, and neglect others; which in the Nature of Things themselves, have as much an aptness to be combined, and make distinct Ideas. 1747 B. Franklin Speech Polly Baker 15 Apr. in Papers (1961) III. 124 Can it be a Crime (in the Nature of Things I mean) to add to the Number of the King's Subjects, in a new Country that really wants People? 1854 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1860) 138 It was not in the nature of things that popularity such as he..enjoyed should be permanent. 1881 Philadelphia Rec. No. 3428. 2 It is not..in the nature of things that a rooster in the Legislature should quietly submit to be lectured by a rooster outside of the legislature. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman (1959) 38 His relations with his clients were also cut and dried: very little personal feeling could, in the nature of things, come into them. 1987 M. H. Short & G. N. Leech Style in Fiction §3.1 75/80 The section on figures of speech, in the nature of things, deals with stylistic features which cannot be precisely quantified. extracted from naturen. < as lemmas
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