跟平常對不上:反常
最輕、最中性的一支:只說「這跟平常不一樣」,還沒有牽扯到人是不是裝的、對不對。
not normal, strange · adjective · B1
different from what you would normally expect in that place, time, or situation, so that it feels strange or wrong.
反常的;不尋常的
A useful way to picture it: 'natural' is the way things go when nobody interferes — the way weather behaves, the way a relaxed person moves, the way a colour looks when it grew rather than being made. 'Unnatural' marks the moment something steps outside that ordinary course, and the speaker notices the step. The key is that it is always a judgement from a viewpoint: someone is comparing what is in front of them with what usually happens, and saying 'this does not match'. That can be about weather, about a voice, about behaviour, or about a colour — which is why the word can feel mild in one sentence and heavy in another.
Four branches
跟平常對不上:反常
最輕、最中性的一支:只說「這跟平常不一樣」,還沒有牽扯到人是不是裝的、對不對。
not normal, strange · adjective · B1
different from what you would normally expect in that place, time, or situation, so that it feels strange or wrong.
反常的;不尋常的
人做出來的樣子:不自然、做作
把「離開本來的路」放到人的舉止上:一個人放鬆時本來會有的樣子,被刻意的用力擠掉了。
false, forced · adjective · B2
seeming false rather than real, because someone is trying too hard or doing something in a way that is not relaxed.
不自然的;做作的
越過人情常理:說話者的道德判斷
同樣是「離開本來的路」,但這裡被說話者當成很重的指控——這一支是四個裡最需要小心的。
morally wrong · adjective · B2
used to say that someone's behaviour is very different from how people are supposed to behave, and that the speaker thinks it is morally wrong.
違反常理的;不合人情的
不是天然長出來的:人工的顏色與光澤
從「行為離開常軌」轉到「材質不是自然生成」:這裡對照的不是人的舉止,而是大自然做得出來的東西。
artificial (colour) · adjective · B1
not like anything that nature makes, especially a colour or shine that is clearly made by people.
非天然的;人工的
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unnaturaladj/ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/
Not natural.
Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere
Going against nature; perverse.
unnaturalnoun/ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/
derogatoryOne who is unnatural, against nature, perverse.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。