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| Processed by: | richwarm (2026-04-21 10:01:30 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 86815 - submitted by 'becky82' >> With the current version > 自然而然 involuntary / automatically "involuntary" seems really bad; it often refers to doing something against your will (e.g., "involuntary confinement", or "involuntary muscle spasms") "automatically" is okay-ish, but not in the sense in "automatically updates" but in the sense in "automatically arises". Definitions: - 不加干預，使其順任情勢而自然發展。 https://dict.concised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=36894&la=0&powerMode=0 (don't apply interference; to let the situation follow it's natural development) - 無所勉強，自然隨勢發展。 https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=10928&webMd=1&la=0 (no force; natural developing according to its state) - ……意指自由发展，必然这样，指非人力干预而自然如此。 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%80%8C%E7%84%B6/79580 ([after] natural development, it'll inevitably by like [sth.]; indicates it will be like [sth.] without human intervention) - "one thing leads to another" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zhs/%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E7%B9%81%E4%BD%93-%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD/%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%80%8C%E7%84%B6 Examples: - 探索內在的創作好像是自然而然的現象，是不用特別去追求的。 http://www.echotaitung.tw/index.php?Act=1&SK=3039&MK=2&PK=2326 (here creative works are a natural phenomenon, something that will occur as the normal course of events) - 需要强调的是，这一转向不是自然而然发生的。 https://www.cnaes.edu.cn/post/151568 (this is talking about AI, and how it's not a natural transformation---it requires intervention) - ……，让大家在逛市集、淘旧书的过程中，自然而然地感受文学之美、铭记金陵文脉。 https://jsnews.jschina.com.cn/jsyw/202604/t20260417_s69e20197e4b09a6c3e097ecd.shtml (here, we're browsing old books and naturally feeling the beauty of literature... we don't need someone else to point it out) - 当前，全球汽车市场正面临诸多挑战，但我相信，投资中国市场是自然而然的选择。 https://de.china-embassy.gov.cn/dgrkzg/202503/t20250327_11583425.htm ("natural decision", the decision will be made because it's a good decision) - 事实上母乳喂养虽是一个自然而然的事，但是母乳喂养成功还是需要一定技术的。 https://www.syfybjy.com.cn/FYBJ/contents/314/5495.html ("natural thing [to do]", in this case breastfeeding... maybe it's seen as something a mother would do normally) There seems to be adverb and adjective usages. It's a bit tricky, but the proposal is the best I could think of. (Note it's not "natural" in the sense of pertaining to nature.) Let's at least get rid of "involuntary", though. -------------- Editor: That's a good analysis. I added "as a matter of course; in the natural course of things" for cases like: 接下来自然而然的问题就是 ... 只要缺乏市场需求，自然而然就会消失 等实力培养出来了，自然而然就能水到渠成 ... where there is a sense of inevitability from certain conditions (not just "without effort") |
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- 自然而然 自然而然 [zi4 ran2 er2 ran2] /involuntary/automatically/ # + 自然而然 自然而然 [[zi4 ran2 er2 ran2]] /natural; unforced/naturally (without deliberate effort)/ + 自然而然 自然而然 [[zi4ran2er2ran2]] /natural; unforced/naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things/ |