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naturalistic

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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nat·u·ral·is·tic /ˌnætʃərəˈlɪstɪk◂/ (also naturalist) adjective  AVALpainted, written etc according to the ideas of naturalism 〔绘画、写作等〕自然主义的naturalistically /-kli/ adverb
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naturalisticHe turned instead to naturalistic analogies drawn especially from chemistry.Yet it is not the reality of a naturalistic drama, such as we would find in, say, Ibsen or Chekhov.The participant observer in such a naturalistic framework really only observes.Now opera has rarely been a naturalistic medium, and never an understated one.Thus they escape the naturalistic science curriculum of the vast majority of public institutions at the primary, secondary and collegiate levels.Straddling naturalistic setting and ritual drama, Reilly is the only character who sings.They are therefore designed to indicate to what extent and in what ways the child uses language in naturalistic settings.Quite the opposite: Why try to copy naturalistic virtues that the camera can capture more tellingly?
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naturalistic
naturalistic /ˌnætʃərəˈlɪstɪk◂/ (also naturalist) adjectivepainted, written etc according to the ideas of naturalism
—naturalistically /-kli/ adverb


nat·ur·al·is·ticBrE /ˌnætʃrəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnætʃrəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊 adjective(of artists, writers, etc. or their work 艺术家、作家等及其作品) showing things as they appear in the natural world 自然主义的;自然主义风格的copying the way things are in the natural world 写实的;模仿自然的to study behaviour in laboratory and naturalistic settings研究实验室里的以及仿自然环境中的行为