• adj. 超自然的；異常的，不可思議的

來自拉丁語praeter,超過，超越，更早，natural,自然的。比喻用法。

preternatural (adj.)

1570s, from Medieval Latin preternaturalis (mid-13c.), from Latin phrase praeter naturam (praeterque fatum) "beyond nature (and beyond fate)," from praeter "beyond" (see preterite) + accusative of natura "nature" (see natural). "Preternatural is used especially to note that which might have been a work of nature, but is not" [Century Dictionary].

1. Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel.

在他異常和藹可親的表情之下,有著尖刻和鋼鐵般的堅(jiān)毅.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.

他們的父母有著一種近乎神奇的能力，能夠洞悉他們的孩子腦子里在想些什么。

來自辭典例句

3. The suddenness of storms in that climate is something almost preternatural.

在那地帶,突起的風(fēng)暴幾乎是件不可思議的事.

來自辭典例句

4. In Pearl's young beauty, as in the wrinkled witch, it has a preternatural effect.

在年幼、美麗的珠兒身上, 和那滿臉皺紋的老妖婆一樣, 準(zhǔn)有一種超自然的力量.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 紅字

5. I'm a spirit with preternatural flesh . Detached. Unchangeable . Empty.

我是一具沒有靈魂的軀殼,孤立,不變,空虛.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)