单词 | to come naturally to |
释义 | > as lemmasto come naturally to 3. By natural endowment; by means of, or in virtue of, inherent knowledge or capacity; without special teaching or training. Now frequently in to come naturally to (a person): (of a skill, quality, etc.) to be innate rather than acquired; (of an activity, etc.) to be undertaken eagerly or involuntarily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adverb] > by natural endowment naturally?a1425 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [adverb] naturally?a1425 intuitively1608 noumenally1858 insensately1863 intuitionally1872 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. ii. 12 Every thing that may naturely usen resoun. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. 312/2 The grayhounde hath this knowledge naturallye, therfore take hym to you. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Bjv Euery manne can geue a reason naturally and without arte. a1633 Johnston Hist. Scotl. in A. J. Mill Mediaeval Plays in Scotl. (1927) 203 Ȝoung bairnesrep..quhair euerie ane schew thair selffes and naturallie in Latyne. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 100 Some have no religion, yet they hold naturally the immortality of the soul. 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 357 For Men have naturally the Notions of good and evil within them. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4764/4 [A horse] sets Head and Tail naturally well. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 142 Many expressions in the New Testament come naturally to the lips of all protestants. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 15 112/2 Statesmanship came so naturally to him. 1889 C. E. L. Riddell Princess Sunshine I. v. 87 It came naturally to him to bear and forbear. 1927 T. McWilliam Around Fireside 68 It's nae that I'm the waur o' drink—it's jist that I'm naiterally steepid. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 24 Poetry..remains the occupation which comes most naturally to me. 1985 B. Zephaniah Dread Affair 54 Here I scribe just doing what comes to me naturally. < as lemmas |
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