Picture a line drawn around everything nature and science can account for — falling rain, illness, the movement of stars. Supernatural names what sits above and outside that line: a ghost walking through a wall, a curse that works, a healing no doctor can explain. The word does not claim these things are real; it marks them as lying beyond what the ordinary rules can reach.
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
supernaturaladj/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/
- 1
Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
- Near-synonym: paranatural
- In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
- 2
Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all.
- Near-synonym: paranatural
- The house is haunted by supernatural forces.
supernaturalnoun/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/
- 1
A supernatural being
- 2
Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural")
- Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."
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