a preternatural + noun
多用来修饰 calm、ability、sense 等抽象名词，强调超出常理、令人称奇。
She stayed calm with a preternatural composure.
她保持着一种异乎寻常的镇定。
超自然的；异常的；奇特的
超自然的；不合常规的；奇异的。
Beyond what is natural or normal; strange or extraordinary.
超自然的；不合常规的；奇异的。
Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
Her preternatural ability to predict stock market trends made her a fortune.
她对股市趋势的超自然预测能力让她发了大财。
用法提示：用作形容词，修饰‘ability’，表示超出常人的预测能力。
In the midst of the chaos, he remained with a preternatural calm that amazed everyone.
在一片混乱中，他保持了一种超自然的平静，令所有人惊讶。
用法提示：用作形容词，修饰‘calm’，表示异常的冷静。
The archer's preternatural accuracy allowed him to hit the bullseye from a hundred meters away.
这位弓箭手超自然的精准度使他能够从一百米外命中靶心。
用法提示：用作形容词，修饰‘accuracy’，表示异乎寻常的精确。
多用来修饰 calm、ability、sense 等抽象名词，强调超出常理、令人称奇。
She stayed calm with a preternatural composure.
她保持着一种异乎寻常的镇定。
作表语时，多描述某种氛围、寂静或现象给人以超自然之感。
The quiet in the empty house seemed preternatural.
空房子里的寂静显得超乎寻常。
可用 almost、utterly 等程度副词修饰，表示接近或完全超出常理。
His hearing was almost preternatural.
他的听力几乎到了超乎寻常的地步。
grammar · medium
易错句子The atmosphere in the room very preternatural.
正确表达The atmosphere in the room was very preternatural.
英语中形容词不能单独作谓语，必须与系动词（如 be、seem）连用。汉语形容词可以直接作谓语（如“气氛很超自然”），受此影响学习者常漏掉系动词。补上 was 后句子才符合英语语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子She claims she saw a preternatural in the forest.
正确表达She claims she saw a preternatural being in the forest.
preternatural 是形容词，不能像汉语“超自然（的东西）”那样直接当名词用。英语中形容词必须修饰名词或跟在系动词后；这里加 being 才构成合法的名词短语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The silence that night was preternaturaler than ever.
正确表达The silence that night was more preternatural than ever.
preternatural 是多音节形容词，比较级要用 more + 形容词原级，不能加 -er。汉语没有这种形态变化，学习者常把 -er 规则过度推广到所有形容词上。改为 more preternatural 才正确。
preternatural 强调“超出正常自然规律、异常得令人惊奇”，不一定涉及神灵；supernatural 特指属于神灵、鬼魂、魔法等超自然力量，常与宗教或灵异相关。二者中文都可能译作“超自然的”，但 supernatural 不用于仅表示“异常、奇特”的普通事物。
preternatural 指超出自然常规但未必负面，可作正式或文学用语；unnatural 强调违背自然、不自然或不正常，常含贬义，多描述行为、外表或状态。若只是“异乎寻常”而非“违背自然”，不宜用 unnatural。
preternatural 是较正式或文学化的“异常、超乎自然”，不一定指超自然现象研究；paranormal 常指超出科学正常解释范围的现象（如心灵感应、灵异），多用于超心理学或流行文化语境。
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