preternatural

美 [ˌpriːtərˈnætʃrəl]英 [ˌpriːtəˈnætʃrəl]
  • adj.不寻常的;超自然的;难以解释的

派生词: preternaturally adv.

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adj.

only before noun不寻常的;超自然的;难以解释的
that does not seem natural; that cannot be explained by natural laws

preternatural

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  • 1
    ADJ 超自然的;异常的;非同寻常的
    Preternatural abilities, qualities, or events are very unusual in a way that might make you think that unknown forces are involved.

    Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.

    他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力,能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。

  • It was suddenly preternaturally quiet.

    突然变得异常安静。

adj

1
existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxle
Synonym: nonnatural otherworldly transcendental
2
surpassing the ordinary or normal
Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Wil
his uncanny sense of direction
Synonym: uncanny

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  1. In Pearl 's young beauty , as in the wrinkled witch , it has a preternatural effect .

    在年幼、美丽的珠儿身上,和那满脸皱纹的老妖婆一样,准有一种超自然的力量。

  2. " He clearly has inherited her preternatural gift for empathy ," he says . " Wills is more his mother 's son than his father 's , and that would please her , of course . "

    “他显然继承了超自然的礼物她换位思考,”他说。“遗嘱是他的母亲比他父亲的儿子,并会请她,当然。”

  3. Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children 's minds .

    他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力,能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。

  4. Anger gave me preternatural strength , and I managed to force the door open .

    恼怒给了我异乎寻常的力量,我把门撞开了。

  5. Objective : To study the clinical significance of preternatural changes of thyroid hormone in patients with brain apoplexy .

    目的:为讨论脑卒中患者甲状腺激素异常变化的临床意义。

  6. Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel .

    在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅。

  7. So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural .

    离奇的敏锐或锐利得近乎不可思议的。

  8. He achieved a preternatural level of performance with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , which under his direction became the best in the world .

    在他担任柏林爱乐乐团指挥时,他带领柏林爱乐乐团一起开创了演奏的新境界,使它一跃而世界顶级的乐团。

  9. Nano-materials have the preternatural interface structures and unique functions and its properties are largely changed in electronics , mechanics , magnetic and optics et al .

    纳米材料具有奇异结构和特异的功能,材料的电学、力学、磁学以及光学性质等发生了巨大的变化。

  10. These documents reflect the distinctive features of the structure of the merchants ' families such as adopting system , unsoundness of family , preternatural marriage and family etc.

    这些文献反映了继嗣制度、缺损家庭、异常的婚姻家庭状况等极具特色的晋中商人家庭结构。

  11. I go on night after night . I feed on those who cross my path.But all my passion went with her golden hair . I 'm a spirit preternatural flesh.Detached.Unchangeable.Empty .

    我夜夜出现,吸食我所遇到的人,但我的人情都已随她的金发消逝了,我只剩下了一具躯壳,孤独,永生,空虚。

  12. The baby was born amid the chaos of the collapse , but in a stroke of almost preternatural luck somehow escaped the mortal peril which would claim so many others .

    孩子于一片混乱中出生,却吉星高照,在这场夺取了那么多人生命的事故中并未受伤。

  13. I remember but little of the journey ; I only know that the day seemed to me of a preternatural length , and that we appeared to travel over hundreds of miles of road .

    一路行程,我已记得不多。只知道那天长得出奇,而且似乎赶了几百里路。

  14. Their instinctive dread caused him to feel , more strongly than aught else , that a preternatural horror was interwoven with the threads of the black veil .

    他们本能的恐惧比什么都使他最痛切地感到,有一种非凡的恐怖交织在黑纱的经纬之中。

  15. His intellectual gifts , his moral perceptions , his power of experiencing and communicating emotion , were kept in a state of preternatural activity by the prick and anguish of his daily life .

    他的智慧的天赋,他在道德上的感知,他经受和表达感情的能力,都是由于他在日常生活中所受的刺痛,才得以保持一种异乎寻常的状态的。

  16. Crocodile Dundee had a preternatural ability to lull crocs to sleep by making a strange inverted " surf 's up ! " hand gesture and weird noises .

    电影《鳄鱼邓迪》中,邓迪有一个令人不可思议的能力——他可以通过发出奇特的声音,以及做出指定的手势,使得鳄鱼们立刻安静下来进入休息状态。

  17. A preternatural being of a malignant ( in the original unusual form of the belief an animated Corpse ), supposed to seek nourishment and do harm by sucking the blood of sleeping persons ;

    吸血鬼不同于幽灵和魔鬼,而是一种无生命的能够行走喝血的尸体。

  18. Results : ( 1 ) electricacupuncture on Neiguan has evidently reduced the preternatural increase of ST potential of ECG , the monophasic action potential and the monophasic action potential durations and meliorate the ultrastructure occuring after the ligation ( P < 0.05 );

    结果:(1)电针内关穴能显著降低实验性急性心肌缺血家兔心电图ST段电位、抑制其心室肌细胞单相动作电位幅度衰减、缩短心室肌细胞单相动作电位时程(P<0.05);

  19. Or chanting when under duress , Im not a loser . Yet when she isnt mooning or abasing herself to win the attention of a handsome fellow intern , she shows off a preternatural self-possession , the girl with all the answers .

    或者在受欺负时念咒我不是个失败者然而当她毫不费力的赢得了英俊的实习生的注意时,她又展现出了异常的沉着,这个女孩有着所有的答案。