琳琅满目的世界总是跟人们说

小孩子才做选择，大人们全都要

但大人们后来才知道

这个世界多的是求而不得

很多时候人们安慰自己“顺其自然”吧

和小酱一起看看“顺其自然”英文怎么说

01 "顺其自然"英文怎么说？

① let it be

例：

Let it be, you can't control everything!

顺其自然吧，你没法控制一切！

② go with the flow

例：

There's nothing I can do about it, so I might as well go with the flow.

我对此已无能为力，所以我还不如顺其自然吧。

（might as well 还不如...; 做…也无妨）

③ take sth as it comes

例：

Just take each day as it comes and do what you feel is right.

顺其自然地过好每一天，做你觉得对的事。

④ let nature take its course

例：

Don't always urge your son to get married, just let nature take its course.

别老是催你儿子结婚，就顺其自然吧。

顺其自然：意思是顺着事物本来的性质自然发展

我们再来学习一个比较相似的短语：袖手旁观

袖手旁观：比喻人置身事外、不帮助别人

（多指看到别人有困难，不帮助别人）

02 "袖手旁观"英文怎么说？

① sit on one's hands

例：

Why don't you actually help us fix the issue, instead of just sitting on your hands and complaining?

你为什么不停止袖手旁观和抱怨，来帮我们解决这个问题呢？

② sit back

例：

We have two things that we can do. We can help or we can sit back.

我们有两个选择，帮助他们，或者是袖手旁观。

③ stand by

stand by 既可以表达“做好准备”

也可以表达“袖手旁观”

例：

He wouldn't stand by and let his project be killed off.

他不会袖手旁观，任由他的项目被停止。

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