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n.
性情乖僻,恶毒坏脾气,心地不良,恶意



    ill nature
    [ noun ]
    a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
    <noun.attribute>


    Ill \Ill\ ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative
    are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst,
    from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw.
    illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.]
    1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed
    to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate;
    disagreeable; unfavorable.

    Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat,
    but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors.
    --Bacon.

    There 's some ill planet reigns. --Shak.

    2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong;
    iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.

    Of his own body he was ill, and gave
    The clergy ill example. --Shak.

    3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of
    a fever.

    I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. --Shak.

    4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect;
    rude; unpolished; inelegant.

    That 's an ill phrase. --Shak.

    {Ill at ease}, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. ``I am very
    ill at ease.'' --Shak.

    {Ill blood}, enmity; resentment; bad blood.

    {Ill breeding}, lack of good breeding; rudeness.

    {Ill fame}, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a
    house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.

    {Ill humor}, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.

    {Ill nature}, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness;
    esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.

    {Ill temper}, anger; moroseness; crossness.

    {Ill turn}.
    (a) An unkind act.
    (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.] -- {Ill
    will}, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.

    Syn: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.


    Nature \Na"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus
    born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.]
    1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter,
    energy, time and space; the physical world; all of
    creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its
    mental and social phenomena.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    But looks through nature up to nature's God. --Pope.

    When, in the course of human Events, it becomes
    necessary for one People to dissolve the Political
    Bonds which have connected them with another, ans to
    assume among the powers of the earth the separate
    and equal Station which the Laws of Nature and of
    Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the
    Opinions of Mankind requires that they should
    declare the causes that impel them to the
    Separation. --Declaration
    of
    Independence

    Nature has caprices which art can not imitate.
    --Macaulay.

    2. The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the
    powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the
    total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the
    processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of
    as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of
    all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a
    creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature;
    the forces of nature.

    I oft admire
    How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
    Such disproportions. --Milton.

    3. The established or regular course of things; usual order
    of events; connection of cause and effect.

    4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from
    that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual
    experience.

    One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
    --Shak.

    5. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or
    thing what it is, as distinct from others; native
    character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes;
    peculiar constitution or quality of being.

    Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem,
    Their nature also to thy nature join,
    And be thyself man among men on earth. --Milton.

    6. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.

    A dispute of this nature caused mischief. --Dryden.

    7. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the
    natural life. ``My days of nature.'' --Shak.

    Oppressed nature sleeps. --Shak.

    8. Natural affection or reverence.

    Have we not seen
    The murdering son ascend his parent's bed,
    Through violated nature force his way? --Pope.

    9. Constitution or quality of mind or character.

    A born devil, on whose nature
    Nurture can never stick. --Shak.

    That reverence which is due to a superior nature.
    --Addison.

    {Good nature}, {Ill nature}. see under {Good} and {Ill}.

    {In a state of nature}.
    (a) Naked as when born; nude.
    (b) In a condition of sin; unregenerate.
    (c) Untamed; uncivilized.

    {Nature printing}, a process of printing from metallic or
    other plates which have received an impression, as by
    heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the
    like.

    {Nature worship}, the worship of the personified powers of
    nature.

    {To pay the debt of nature}, to die.

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