| 单词 | the nature of the beast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe nature of the beast c. colloquial. the nature of the beast: the (usually undesirable) inherent or essential quality or character of a person, event, circumstance, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > baser part of character the nature of the beast1678 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 77 It's the nature o' th' beast. c1683 J. Verney Let. in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. vii. 254 I'me very Sorry John my Coachman Should be soe great a Clowne to you..but t'is the nature of the Beast. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlii. 218 I might as well have preserv'd the first; for I see it is the nature of the beast. 1794 H. Walpole Let. 7 Oct. (1905) XV. 320 I was never of a court myself; but..know much of the nature of the beast. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 254 'Twas the nature av the baste to put the comether on the best av thim. 1969 V. Gielgud Necessary End v. 48 Barry Compayne never made bones about..the number of girls that he had ‘laid’... Anthea had chosen deliberately to put down such exploits to ‘the nature of the beast’. 1990 Pract. Woodworking Mar. 71/4 You may find similar quality of construction, and yet..one could be three or four times the price of the other. This is the nature of the beast when you have people who have established themselves. < as lemmas |
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