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单词 law of nature
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Definition of law of nature in English:

law of nature

noun
  • 1

    another term for natural law (sense 1, law of nature sense 2)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What one can strive towards is be true to one's own nature, and hopefully not be against the laws of nature which are very basic.
    • In this respect, they are more problematic and are open to interpretation, unlike the laws of nature which are clearly defined.
    • If there were no regular laws of nature, miracles could not be recognized as exceptions and would lose their function as divine signs.
    • It's true that you cannot ‘violate’ a law of nature, but that's not because the laws of nature ‘force’ you to behave in some certain way.
    • Even where we do shape the world to suit our purposes, we proceed by exploiting the laws of nature at work in the things around us.
    • This explains why the laws of nature are comprehensible to the human mind - they were put in place by a greater rational mind!
    • If they get in the way of the laws of nature, and they do nothing to protect themselves, they get crushed.
    • One is represented by science, which is founded on the search for regularities, sometimes for laws of nature, backed by maths and logic.
    • If all nature evolves, why should the laws of nature not evolve as well?
    • Why should councils be liable for acts of God or the laws of nature?
    • Here we see the notion of a law of nature that informs human society as well as nature.
    • In the comics, find examples of things that defy the laws of nature.
    • [T] he first purpose of matrimony, by the laws of nature and society, is procreation.
    • It also requires abstraction - developing theories about the underlying laws of nature that are usually not immediately apparent.
    • When they discover the laws of nature, they feel a sense of reverence, they feel a sense of awe, wonder, mystery.
    • We are only beginning to understand the laws of nature.
    • It is an ivory tower approach that does not realize the facts of life and the laws of nature: life forms cannot be contained.
    • If you're scientist, you want to prove X causes Y, because you're trying to figure out the laws of nature.
    • But as the days wear on it becomes clear that, in this lifeboat in the middle of nowhere, the only things that survives are the brutal laws of nature.
    • This provides some kind of explanation for the apparently surprising properties of the laws of nature mentioned above.
  • 2informal A regularly occurring or apparently inevitable phenomenon observable in human society.

    〈非正式〉自然规律(指人类社会中经常发生或不可避免的现象)

    ‘How did we get so much stuff?’ ‘It's a law of nature—however much space you have, you fill it.’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Raise the regulatory barrier, pay more money: it's a law of nature.
    • This is because it's patently against the laws of nature to clean clothes without getting them wet.
    • There's no law of nature that says service jobs are inevitably low paid and without benefits.
    • But there is an unwritten law of nature that says the woman you live with will walk in front of the TV at the precise moment a goal is scored.
    • Even those who oppose private sector care provision now seem to understand the law of nature; that businessmen do not close down sound businesses.
    • I think any artist who teaches is better for it because it makes you understand what you do better, and there just seems to be a law of nature that the more you give the more you get.
    • But such slippage to the right was not a law of nature.
    • I like a fundamental law of nature: it's not possible to visit Ikea and not buy anything.

Definition of law of nature in US English:

law of nature

noun
  • 1

    another term for natural law
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you're scientist, you want to prove X causes Y, because you're trying to figure out the laws of nature.
    • It's true that you cannot ‘violate’ a law of nature, but that's not because the laws of nature ‘force’ you to behave in some certain way.
    • It is an ivory tower approach that does not realize the facts of life and the laws of nature: life forms cannot be contained.
    • It also requires abstraction - developing theories about the underlying laws of nature that are usually not immediately apparent.
    • What one can strive towards is be true to one's own nature, and hopefully not be against the laws of nature which are very basic.
    • Why should councils be liable for acts of God or the laws of nature?
    • But as the days wear on it becomes clear that, in this lifeboat in the middle of nowhere, the only things that survives are the brutal laws of nature.
    • We are only beginning to understand the laws of nature.
    • Even where we do shape the world to suit our purposes, we proceed by exploiting the laws of nature at work in the things around us.
    • In the comics, find examples of things that defy the laws of nature.
    • If there were no regular laws of nature, miracles could not be recognized as exceptions and would lose their function as divine signs.
    • This explains why the laws of nature are comprehensible to the human mind - they were put in place by a greater rational mind!
    • If they get in the way of the laws of nature, and they do nothing to protect themselves, they get crushed.
    • When they discover the laws of nature, they feel a sense of reverence, they feel a sense of awe, wonder, mystery.
    • [T] he first purpose of matrimony, by the laws of nature and society, is procreation.
    • One is represented by science, which is founded on the search for regularities, sometimes for laws of nature, backed by maths and logic.
    • If all nature evolves, why should the laws of nature not evolve as well?
    • In this respect, they are more problematic and are open to interpretation, unlike the laws of nature which are clearly defined.
    • Here we see the notion of a law of nature that informs human society as well as nature.
    • This provides some kind of explanation for the apparently surprising properties of the laws of nature mentioned above.
  • 2informal A regularly occurring or apparently inevitable phenomenon observable in human society.

    〈非正式〉自然规律(指人类社会中经常发生或不可避免的现象)

    it's a law of nature—however much space you have, you fill it
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I like a fundamental law of nature: it's not possible to visit Ikea and not buy anything.
    • But such slippage to the right was not a law of nature.
    • I think any artist who teaches is better for it because it makes you understand what you do better, and there just seems to be a law of nature that the more you give the more you get.
    • Even those who oppose private sector care provision now seem to understand the law of nature; that businessmen do not close down sound businesses.
    • This is because it's patently against the laws of nature to clean clothes without getting them wet.
    • But there is an unwritten law of nature that says the woman you live with will walk in front of the TV at the precise moment a goal is scored.
    • There's no law of nature that says service jobs are inevitably low paid and without benefits.
    • Raise the regulatory barrier, pay more money: it's a law of nature.
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