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单词 second nature
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If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you.
Planning ahead had always come as second nature to her.
It's not easy at first, but it soon becomes second nature.
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second nature in British English

noun
a habit, characteristic, etc, not innate but so long practised or acquired as to seem so

second nature in American English

habits, characteristics, etc. acquired and fixed so deeply as to seem part of a person's nature

Examples of 'second nature' in a sentence
second nature

The keyboard with its two characters per key will confuse at first but soon becomes second nature.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So it has become almost second nature to think of the bandleader as a purveyor of saccharine.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So knowing how to walk in high heels and the correct way of eating asparagus comes as second nature.
The Sun (2010)
Getting on with people and working towards a common goal is second nature to her after ten years in the sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But it soon becomes second nature.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
By then it had almost become second nature for the Italian to hit the canvas.
Tibballs, Geoff Great Sporting Failures (1993)
A man for whom caring was second nature and his wife and family were his first priority.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's always been second nature.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yet it all comes as second nature for a man from a Glaswegian working-class background.
The Sun (2014)
THIS normally comes as second nature to the Chelsea star but it didn't here.
The Sun (2010)
The Barca players at the time admitted it took time for them to adjust, as staying in hotels had almost become second nature to them.
The Sun (2016)
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