| Gb | Eng |
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| 想过舒适的生活不过是普通人的本性。 | It's only human nature to want a comfortable life. |
| 她是个很好的妇人，冷酷不是她的本性。 | She's a very good woman; unkindness is foreign to her nature. |
| 基本特征；本性 | Basic character; mettle. |
| 人的本性难移. | You can't change human nature. |
| 他的本性与弄虚作假格格不入. | Dishonesty is foreign to his nature. |
| 她在报告中探讨了帝国主义的本性。 | In her talk she went into the nature of imperialism. |
| 这两兄弟仅外表相似，本性却很不一样。 | There is only a formal likeness between the two brothers, for their natures are very different. |
| 残忍的行为与他的本性[与他]格格不入. | Cruelty was quite alien to his nature/to him. |
| 你曾否想到用你的视觉去探视一位朋友或认识的人的内在本性？ | Does it ever occur to you to use your sight to see into the inner nature of a friend or acquaintance? |
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