英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-54 to the manner born

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【字面理解】天生的舉止

【英文解析】destined to be suited to something, by virtue of birth or custom and practice

【中文解析】(對職位或社會地位等)生來就習(xí)慣，天生就 適合

【典型例句】① The man held the child as if to the manner born. 那男子抱著孩子，好似生來就會。

② He rides round in a Rolls-Royce car as if to the maimer born.他駕駛著勞斯萊斯車來車往，仿佛生來就習(xí)慣 這種生活。

【注釋】正式用法，常與as if連用，源自莎士比亞的戲 劇《哈姆雷特》：. .though I am native here/And to die manner born, it is a custom/More honour’d in the breach than the observance.(我雖然從小就熟悉這種風(fēng)俗，我卻以為把它破壞了倒比遵守它還體面些。)