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单词 one of nature's
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one of nature's ——
P11. one of nature's ——: a person possessing by nature (or, in extended use, by temperament) the attributes viewed as characteristic of the type of person specified.Generally in sense 10, but passing into sense 7b.
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1839 H. Miller Mem. W. Forsyth xii. 122 He was one of nature's noblemen; and the sincere homage of the better feelings is an honour reserved exclusively to the order to which he belonged.
a1882 A. Trollope Autobiogr. (1883) I. iii. 53 If I say that a judge should be a gentleman..I am met with a scornful allusion to ‘Nature's Gentlemen’.
1898 A. J. Munby Diary 26 Mar. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 423 A splendid woman, full of rustic health & vigour, & one of Nature's ladies.
1929 A. Huxley Let. 9 May (1969) 311 Now..I can write a letter. It will be a poor return for all yours, because I am not one of nature's letter-writers.
1969 L. Durrell Spirit of Place 19 He was one of nature's lobbyers—a tireless and relentless fellow.
1986 Auckland Metro Feb. 45/1 The chivalrous Sir Kenneth..is regarded both in business and Eastern suburbs..as one of nature's gentlemen.
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