英语习语谚语成语用法精粹 文学名著类2-54 to the manner born
to the manner born
【字面理解】天生的举止
【英文解析】destined to be suited to something, by virtue of birth or custom and practice
【中文解析】(对职位或社会地位等)生来就习惯，天生就 适合
【典型例句】① The man held the child as if to the manner born. 那男子抱着孩子，好似生来就会。
② He rides round in a Rolls-Royce car as if to the maimer born.他驾驶着劳斯莱斯车来车往，仿佛生来就习惯 这种生活。
【注释】正式用法，常与as if连用，源自莎士比亚的戏 剧《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.(我虽然从小就熟悉这种风俗，我却以为把它破坏了倒比遵守它还体面些。)
