let nature take its course

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference. idiomatic
    — "Do you mean to put a secret-service operative aboard disguised as a deckhand?" "Huh! Skinner, you distress me. I'm going to put Matt Peasley aboard the Quickstep as second mate, and let Nature take its course."
  2. To allow a person or animal to die without medical or other attempts to forestall death. euphemistic,idiomatic
    — I have slashed veins in my ankles and am pleasantly bleeding to death in this hot water. There is no greater kindness you can do me than to let nature take its course.

词形变化

lets nature take its course present,singular,third-person letting nature take its course participle,present let nature take its course participle,past let nature take its course past let nature take her course alternative let Nature take its course alternative
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