preternatural 词态变化
副词: preternaturally;
preternatural 中文词源
preternatural 超自然的来自拉丁语praeter,超过,超越,更早,natural,自然的。比喻用法。
preternatural 英文词源
- preternatural (adj.)
- 1570s, from Medieval Latin preternaturalis (mid-13c.), from Latin phrase praeter naturam (praeterque fatum) "beyond nature (and beyond fate)," from praeter "beyond" (see preterite) + accusative of natura "nature" (see natural). "Preternatural is used especially to note that which might have been a work of nature, but is not" [Century Dictionary].
preternatural 英文释义
- 1. surpassing the ordinary or normal;
- "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"- George Will
- 2. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;
- "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
preternatural 双语例句
- 1. Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel.
- 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.
- 他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力,能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。
来自辞典例句
- 3. The suddenness of storms in that climate is something almost preternatural.
- 在那地带,突起的风暴几乎是件不可思议的事.
来自辞典例句
- 4. In Pearl's young beauty, as in the wrinkled witch, it has a preternatural effect.
- 在年幼、美丽的珠儿身上, 和那满脸皱纹的老妖婆一样, 准有一种超自然的力量.
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 5. I'm a spirit with preternatural flesh . Detached. Unchangeable . Empty.
- 我是一具没有灵魂的躯壳,孤立,不变,空虚.
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preternatural 实用场景例句
- The city was preternaturally quiet.
- 这座城市异样的宁静。
牛津词典
- Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.
- 他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力,能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel.
- 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅.
《简明英汉词典》
- The suddenness of storms in that climate is something almost preternatural.
- 在那地带,突起的风暴几乎是件不可思议的事.
辞典例句
- In Pearl's young beauty, as in the wrinkled witch, it has a preternatural effect.
- 在年幼、美丽的珠儿身上, 和那满脸皱纹的老妖婆一样, 准有一种超自然的力量.
英汉文学 - 红字
- He had a preternatural aura, and he himself didn't know what to do with it.
- 他有着一个超自然的光环, 他自己不知道怎样利用这个光环,他为此挣扎着.
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- So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.
- 离奇的敏锐或锐利得近乎不可思议的.
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- Mr Crist, a breezy charmer with pearly teeth and a preternatural tan , remains popular as governor.
- 克里斯特先生是轻松自信的魅力先生.他有一口珍珠般的牙齿, 不可思议的棕褐肤色.
期刊摘选
- Hawaii imbued Obama with the laid back , almost preternatural calm that has underpinned his political career.
- 夏威夷陶冶了奥巴马的性情,使他在政治生涯中得以冷静超脱.
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- I'm a spirit with preternatural flesh . Detached. Unchangeable . Empty.
- 我是一具没有灵魂的躯壳,孤立,不变,空虚.
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- Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel ( George F. Will )
- 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅 ( 乔治F. 威尔 )
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- In former times people believed that thunder and lightning were signs of preternatural forces.
- 古时候人们相信雷电是异常力量的象徵.
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- Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel.
- 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻的性格和钢铁般坚毅的意志.
期刊摘选
- Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.
- 他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力,能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。
辞典例句