supernatural
英 [,suːpə'nætʃ(ə)r(ə)l; ,sjuː-]
美 [,supɚ'nætʃrəl]
- adj. 超自然的な; 奇跡的な、信じられないような
- n. 超常現象; 信じられない
語源
超自然的な。超、オーバー、ネイチャー、ナチュラル。
英語の語源
- supernatural (adj.)
- early 15c. "of or given by God," from Medieval Latin supernaturalis "above or beyond nature, divine," from Latin super "above" (see super-) + natura "nature" (see nature (n.)). Originally with more of a religious sense, "of or given by God, divine; heavenly;" association with ghosts, etc., has predominated since 19c. Related: Supernaturalism.
That is supernatural, whatever it be, that is either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and effect, in nature, from without the chain. [Horace Bushnell, "Nature and the Supernatural," 1858]
- supernatural (n.)
- 1729, "a supernatural being," from supernatural (adj.). From 1830 as "that which is above or beyond the established course of nature."
例文
- 1. He writes short stories with a touch of the supernatural .
- 彼が書いた短編小説は霊的な色彩を帯びている。
- 2.a belief in the supernatural
- 超自然的な力に対する信頼
- 3.UFOS are often explained as supernatural .
- 未確認飛行物体はしばしば超自然現象と解釈される。
- 4.I don 't believe in the supernatural .
- 超自然現象は信じられない.
- 5.Ghosts and evil spirits are supernatural .
- 幽霊も悪鬼も超自然だ。
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