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- preternatural pretermitted
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ADJ
超自然的；异常的；非同寻常的 Preternatural abilities, qualities, or events are very unusual in a way that might make you think that unknown forces are involved.
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Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.
他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力，能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。
preternaturally
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It was suddenly preternaturally quiet.
突然变得异常安静。
- Adjective
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1. surpassing the ordinary or normal;
- "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"- George Will
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2. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;
- "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
- synonym： nonnatural，otherworldly，transcendental
- 1. Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel.
- 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下，有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅。
来自《简明英汉词典》
