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单词 unnatural
释义
unnatural
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ʌnˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
B2
notnatural
不自然的；勉强的；反常的
Examples
  • Hertranslationis tooliteral,resultinginheavy, unnaturalprose.
  • Thedialoguesoundedstiltedand unnatural,perhapsbecause of thetranslationfrom theoriginalRussian.
  • Thedaffodilsare already coming out, whichseemsunnatural for so early in theyear.
  • It would be unnatural not tofeelconcernedforyourchildren'sfuture.
  • She'sdiedherhairin anattempttocoverup thegrey, but itlooksunnatural.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Natural and artificial
  • anti-natural
  • artificial
  • artificiality
  • artificially
  • biodynamic
  • freshness
  • God-given
  • imitation
  • inauthentic
  • make no claim to besomethingidiom
  • mock
  • pure
  • rawness
  • refined
  • simulated
  • synthetic
  • unnaturally
  • unprocessed
  • untamed
  • untouched
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unnaturally
(Definition ofunnaturalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unnatural| American Dictionary

unnatural
adjective
us
/ʌnˈnætʃ·ər·əl/
notfoundinnature;artificial:
Nothing unnatural orpollutingcan be used.
Therecordingshave an unnaturalsound.
Behavior orfeelingsthat aredescribedas unnatural are notusualoracceptable.
(Definition ofunnaturalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunnatural

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Fiction has calculated the human cost of the moreunnaturalaspects of advances in natural science.
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The repetition in subsequent utterances is veryunnatural.
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A disorganised opposition finds it difficult (and even 'unnatural') to try to articulate policy programmes or to scrutinise government activities in any systematic manner.
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However, in example (31b) the expression at the one time that would sound to us somewhatunnatural.
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The barrows, which were clearly visible in the landscape as 'unnatural' features, may have been related to earlier mythical inhabitants of the land.
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Besides deviant, the more popular stereotype of the convent was that it was bothunnaturaland unproductive.
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The secondunnaturalfeature is that the children of paradise grow up without consciousness.
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Both characters are congenitally villainous, driven by some natural (orunnatural) inborn perversion.
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In an evolutionary sense, cuts in film must be grosslyunnatural.
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It isunnaturalto study the individual outside his collectivity, to not mention the social conventions that shape his society.
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The idea of evaluating cases on a linear scale is, therefore, bothunnaturaland problematic; so why not abandon it?
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The disadvantages of this trajectory-control approach include its inefficiency in actuating the bipedal walking and theunnaturallooking of the gait.
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Some difficulties with this model are pointed out : for example,unnaturaland natural rules have equal status, and words are hard to separate into morphemes.
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From this point of view wholemeal bread is just as 'unnatural' after 9000 years as white bread, which became common food only 100 years ago.
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Furthermore, the standard implies that every act of ending someone's life implies anunnaturaldeath, which has to be reported to state authorities.
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