【字面理解】天生的舉止
【英文解析】destined to be suited to something, by virtue of birth or custom and practice
【中文解析】(對(duì)職位或社會(huì)地位等)生來就習(xí)慣,天生就 適合
【典型例句】① The man held the child as if to the manner born. 那男子抱著孩子,好似生來就會(huì)。
② He rides round in a Rolls-Royce car as if to the maimer born.他駕駛著勞斯萊斯車來車往,仿佛生來就習(xí)慣 這種生活。
【注釋】正式用法,常與as if連用,源自莎士比亞的戲 劇《哈姆雷特》:. .though I am native here/And to die manner born, it is a custom/More honour’d in the breach than the observance.(我雖然從小就熟悉這種風(fēng)俗,我卻以為把它破壞了倒比遵守它還體面些。)