| 1. | His speech was in the nature of an apology .
他的讲话性质上是道歉。 |
| 2. | His request is in the nature of a command .
他的请求简直像命令。 |
| 3. | There wasn't anything there in the nature of jewellery .
那儿没有任何珠宝之类的东西。 |
| 4. | A change in the nature of the ground made the doctor change a way of locomotion .
地面上的情况变了，博士不能不换一种移动的方法。 |
| 5. | I had not contemplated anything in the nature of a contract, bargain, or sale between us .
在我们之间，我从来没有想到过如合同、讨价还价或售卖这一类事情。 |
| 6. | Many creations of that time were in the nature of things quite ephemeral and have passed into history .
当时许多新造的词语必然地是临时性的，它们已成了历史。 |
| 7. | It is in the nature of a forsyte to be ignorant that he is a forsyte; but young jolyon was well aware of being one .
一个福尔赛家人天生就不感觉到自己是个福尔赛；可是小乔里恩却非常有自知之明。 |
| 8. | It is not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving
这种生物的天性并不和善 |
