| 释义 |
anti-natural, a.|ˌæntɪˈnætjʊərəl, -tʃərəl|
[f. anti-1 3 c + natural a.]
Contrary or antagonistic to nature; the reverse or opposite of natural.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 228 Your Diuinity in the Supper is Anti-naturall..that is..contrary to nature. 1728‘Martinus Scriblerus’ Art of Sinking v. 19 This happy and antinatural way of thinking. 1897Daily News 24 Nov. 9/5 Such wealth is represented as not only ‘anti-social’, but ‘anti-natural’. 1947C. S. Lewis Miracles xiv. 144 The anti-Natural or pessimistic religions..such as Buddhism or higher Hinduism, tell us that Nature is evil and illusory. 1957Sc. Jrnl. Theol. X. 230 Intellectually he [sc. modern man] often thinks of the supernatural as the preter- or anti-natural. |