Concetti Chiave
- Unnatural refers to things that deviate from natural occurrences or norms, often synonymous with artificial, or seen as perverse or disturbing.
- Keeping animals in unnatural environments, like birds in cages, restricts their natural behaviors and instincts.
- Unnatural can also describe human-induced phenomena, distinct from supernatural events that defy scientific explanation.
- Man-made objects or effects are those created by humans, contrasting with naturally occurring ones, such as artificial lakes or fertilizers.
- Machine-made refers to items produced using machinery, often implying different quality compared to handmade goods.
Unnatural
When something is unnatural, it is different from how things occur in nature or the physical world, or it is considered to be different from what is normal. In the first case, it has a similar meaning to artificial, while in the second it's closer in meaning to perverse, wrong, or disturbing.
Keeping birds in a cage is unnatural. Birds are meant to fly, and if we keep them as household pets we're not letting them act the way they were born to act.
Cecily has an unnatural obsession with money. She's always asking people how much they earn, or how much their houses cost, and it's rather impolite.
While something that is unnatural often describes something that is not naturally occurring, but that is caused by humans, the term supernatural is only used to describe events or phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of nature or by scientific understanding.
Marshall is incomprehensible. Despite being highly educated, he believes in many supernatural things that surely do not exist: ghosts, aliens, and even bigfoot.
When we cannot explain an event, we call it supernatural, but maybe it just means that we have yet to discover the scientific reasons that made it happen. That's why the work of science will never end; there's always more to learn.
Man Made
When we say something is man¬made, we are saying that it has been made or caused by human beings, as opposed to occurring naturally.
The lake you see in the distance is actually man¬made. Engineers flooded that region in order to create a dam.
Man¬ made fertilizers have helped agriculture be more productive, but they have also contributed to emissions of gases that contribute to global warming.
On the other hand, machine made means that something has been made with the use of a machine.
Always check the quality of the goods when purchasing crafts as souvenirs. Don't pay more for something that is machine made.
As the textile industry developed, the improvement of techniques for producing machine made cloth led to a decline making clothing at home.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué significa cuando algo se describe como "unnatural"?
- ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre "unnatural" y "supernatural"?
- ¿Qué implica que algo sea "man-made"?
Cuando algo se describe como "unnatural", significa que es diferente de cómo ocurren las cosas en la naturaleza o el mundo físico, o se considera diferente de lo que es normal. Puede referirse a algo artificial o a algo perverso, incorrecto o perturbador.
"Unnatural" se refiere a algo que no ocurre naturalmente y es causado por humanos, mientras que "supernatural" describe eventos o fenómenos que no pueden explicarse por las leyes de la naturaleza o la comprensión científica.
Algo "man-made" implica que ha sido creado o causado por seres humanos, en lugar de ocurrir de manera natural. Por ejemplo, un lago creado por ingenieros o fertilizantes que aumentan la productividad agrícola.
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