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n. 自然界，大自然24 次
Drawing inspiration from nature.
从自然中汲取灵感。
Britain has relatively few butterfly species compared with mainland Europe and 80% are in decline, mostly because intensive chemical farming has reduced many species to tiny fragments of habitat and small nature reserves.
与欧洲大陆相比，英国的蝴蝶种类相对较少，而且其中80%正在减少，这主要是因为集约化的化学农业使许多物种只能栖身于零星的小块栖息地和小型自然保护区。
reveal humans’ deep respect for nature.
揭示了人类对自然的深深敬意。
Two centuries ago, the idea of preserving nature, rather than exploiting it, was a novel one to many U.S. settlers. One of the turning points in public support for land conservation efforts — and recognizing the magnificence of the Yellowstone region in particular — came in the form of vivid photographs.
两个世纪前，保护自然而非开发自然的理念，对许多美国定居者来说是一个新奇的想法。公众开始支持土地保护工作——尤其是认识到黄石地区的壮美——的转折点之一，是以生动照片的形式出现的。
Moreover, increased privatization would certainly undercut one of the major reasons why 300 million visitors come to the parks each year: to enjoy nature and get a break from the commercial drumbeat that overwhelms daily life.
此外，加大私有化力度必定会削弱每年3亿游客前来公园的主要原因之一：享受自然，暂时摆脱充斥日常生活的商业喧嚣。
The national parks provide great value to U.S. residents both as places to escape and as symbols of nature.
国家公园既是人们逃离尘嚣的去处，又是自然的象征，为美国居民提供了巨大的价值。
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help preserve nature.
有助于保护自然。
In the late 18th century, William Wordsworth became famous for his poems about nature.
18世纪晚期，威廉·华兹华斯因其描写自然的诗歌而成名。
Those pieces included small beds of roses and other items as well as a few dozen “nature carpets” — large rectangles decorated with foam pumpkins, cabbages, and watermelons.
这些作品包括小型玫瑰花坛等物品，以及几十块“自然地毯”——饰有泡沫南瓜、卷心菜和西瓜的大块长方形地毯。
These were some of the words that Nature readers used to describe their experience of art-science collaborations in a series of articles on partnerships between artists and researchers.
在一系列关于艺术家与研究人员合作的文章中，《自然》杂志的读者用这些词来描述他们参与艺术与科学合作的经历。
Fewer artists than scientists responded to the Nature poll; however, several respondents noted that artists do not simply assist scientists with their communication requirements.
回应《自然》调查的艺术家比科学家少；不过，有几位受访者指出，艺术家不只是协助科学家满足其传播需求。
Nature’s poll findings suggest that this trend is as strong as ever, but, to make a collaboration work, both sides need to invest time and embrace surprise and challenge.
《自然》的调查结果表明，这一趋势一如既往地强劲，但要让合作取得成功，双方都需要投入时间，并欣然接受意外和挑战。
Our studies focused on the impact of zoo experiences on how people think about themselves and nature, and the data points extracted from our studies do not, in any way, discount what is learned in a zoo visit.
我们的研究关注的是动物园体验对人们如何看待自身和自然的影响，从我们研究中提取的数据丝毫没有贬低参观动物园所学到的东西。
Our research provides strong support for the value of zoos in connecting people with animals and with nature.
我们的研究有力地证明了动物园在将人与动物、与自然联系起来方面的价值。
Marris distorts our findings which actually prove that zoos serve as an indispensable link between man and nature.
马里斯歪曲了我们的研究结果，而这些结果实际上证明了动物园是人与自然之间不可或缺的纽带。
“Nature gave us lips to conceal our teeth,” ran one popular Victorian saying, alluding to the fact that before the birth of proper dentistry, mouths were often in a shocking state of hygiene.
维多利亚时代流行的一句俗语说：“大自然给了我们嘴唇来遮住牙齿。”这暗指在正规牙科诞生之前，人们口腔的卫生状况往往糟糕得惊人。
Even if we converted all the suitable land to fields of fruit and veg — which would involve taking out all the nature reserves and removing thousands of people from their homes — we would achieve only a 30 percent boost in crop production.
即使我们把所有适宜的土地都改成果蔬田——这将意味着拆除所有自然保护区、让成千上万的人搬离家园——农作物产量也只能提高30%。
discover the fundamental makeup of nature.
发现自然的基本构成。
understand the interrelations of man and nature.
理解人与自然的相互关系。
It allows us to see the beauty that surrounds us each moment in nature, in culture, in the flow of our daily lives.
它让我们能够看到每时每刻环绕在我们身边的美——自然之美、文化之美以及日常生活流转之美。
Look up Homo sapiens in the “Red List” of threatened species of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and you will read: “Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing, and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline.”
在世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）的濒危物种“红色名录”中查找智人，你会读到：“列为无危物种，因为该物种分布极广、适应性强、目前数量正在增长，且不存在导致其总体数量下降的重大威胁。”
(50) It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of the word garden, though in a “liberated” sense, to describe these synthetic constructions.
（50）正是这种或隐或显对自然的指涉，使得用“花园”一词来描述这些人造构筑物完全合乎情理，尽管是在一种“宽泛”的意义上使用这个词。
Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents’ monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad’s.
批评者反对基因专利的主要理由有三：基因是自然的产物，因此不能申请专利；基因专利压制而非奖励创新；专利垄断限制了人们获得像麦利亚德公司那样的基因检测。
In October the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolated DNA molecule “is no less a product of nature...than are cotton fibres that have been separated from cotton seeds.”
10月，司法部就麦利亚德案提交了一份意见书，认为分离出来的DNA分子“和从棉籽中分离出来的棉纤维一样，都是自然的产物”。
n. 性质，本性，天性21 次
The criminal nature of copyright violation.
侵犯版权的犯罪性质。
A Reddit webpage devoted to the phenomenon, boasting nearly 50,000 members, showcases images of local desire paths adorned with signs instructing pedestrians to adhere to designated walkways, underscoring the rebellious nature inherent in these human-made tracks.
Reddit上有一个专门讨论这一现象的网页，拥有近5万名成员，上面展示了各地欲望小径的图片，这些小径旁竖着指示行人走指定步道的标牌，凸显了这些人为踩出的小路所固有的叛逆性质。
The Gutenberg printing press transformed civilisation not by changing the nature of writing but by changing its cost — and it would have achieved little without a parallel collapse in the price of surfaces to write on, thanks to an often-overlooked technology called paper.
古腾堡印刷机改变文明，并非通过改变书写的本质，而是通过改变其成本——而如果没有书写载体价格的同步暴跌，它也难有作为，这要归功于一项常被忽视的技术：纸。
Artifacts in museums have the power to inspire, and perhaps spark that need to learn and understand the nature of their creators.
博物馆里的文物具有启迪人心的力量，或许还能激发人们去了解和理解其创造者本质的需求。
Oman rated Scovell’s significance highly, but at the same time, the general nature of his History meant that (48) he could not analyze carefully what this obscure officer may or may not have contributed to that great struggle between nations or indeed tell us anything much about the man himself.
欧曼对斯科维尔的重要性评价很高，但与此同时，由于他的《半岛战争史》是一部通史，（48）他无法仔细分析这位无名军官在那场国家间的伟大斗争中可能做出或未曾做出的贡献，也无法告诉我们关于此人的更多情况。
Their ratings were just as accurate, demonstrating the intuitive nature of the social processing.
他们的评分同样准确，这表明了社会信息处理的直觉性。
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本质
These tools can help you win every argument — not in the unhelpful sense of beating your opponents but in the better sense of learning about the issues that divide people, learning why they disagree with us and learning to talk and work together with them. If we readjust our view of arguments — from a verbal fight or tennis game to a reasoned exchange through which we all gain mutual respect and understanding — then we change the very nature of what it means to “win” an argument.
这些方法可以帮助你赢得每一场争论——不是在击败对手这种无益的意义上，而是在更好的意义上：了解使人们产生分歧的问题，了解他们为什么与我们意见不同，并学会与他们交谈和合作。如果我们重新调整对争论的看法——从口头争斗或网球比赛转变为一种理性的交流，通过这种交流我们都能获得相互尊重和理解——那么我们就改变了“赢得”争论的本质含义。
(46) This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.
(46) 这场运动在强大而多样的动机驱使下，在一片荒野上建立了一个国家，并且就其本质而言，塑造了一块未知大陆的性格和命运。
But the Nobel Foundation’s limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research — as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to acknowledging the discovery of the Higgs boson.
而诺贝尔基金会每个奖项最多三名获奖者且获奖者必须在世的限制，早已不适应现代研究的协作性质——在表彰希格斯玻色子的发现时，围绕谁被忽略而必然产生的争吵就将证明这一点。
Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.
然而遗憾的是，该报告未能触及博雅教育所面临危机的真正本质，这可能弊大于利。
Unfortunately, despite 2½ years in the making, “The Heart of the Matter” never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.
遗憾的是，尽管历时两年半才完成，《问题的核心》却始终没有触及问题的核心：我国一流高校中博雅教育的“不博雅”本质。
Beethoven’s importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions.
贝多芬在音乐上的重要地位主要取决于其作品的革命性。
Human nature being what it is, most people stick with default settings.
人性使然，大多数人都会保持默认设置。
goes against human nature.
违背人性。
Although technology might change the way we react, it hasn’t changed our nature.
尽管技术可能会改变我们的反应方式，但它并没有改变我们的本性。
the nature of states' patchwork regulations.
各州东拼西凑的法规的性质。
the observation of children’s nature.
对儿童天性的观察。
bring out more evils of human nature.
暴露出人性中更多的恶。
But what will be the nature of that difference?
但这种不同的本质会是什么呢？
(46) Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share — that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts — and reveal its erroneous nature.
（46）艾伦的贡献在于，他把我们大家共有的一个假设——因为我们不是机器人，所以我们能控制自己的思想——拿出来，揭示了它的错误本质。
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You also quickly learn to adapt and come up with creative solutions to the problems the painting presents, and thinking outside the box will become your second nature.
你还会很快学会适应，并针对绘画中出现的问题想出创造性的解决办法，跳出思维定式将成为你的第二天性。