One hypothesis is that it's a natural phenomenon, that the starfish naturally undergo population fluctuations following particularly good spawning years.

有一种假说认为，这是一种自然现象；在特别适合产卵的那几年后，刺冠海星自然会经历种群数量的波动。

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Q: Is infidelity a natural phenomenon?

问：“外遇是一种自然的现象吗？”

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Scope creep is a natural phenomenon in enterprise software development.

范围渐变是企业软件开发中的正常现象。

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Because when we try to suppress a natural phenomenon such as having a visual of the word when we say it, that thing just intensifies.

因为当我们企图压抑一种自然现象时,比如提起一个词时浮现出相应形象，只会加强它。

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It's often fanciful; it relates imaginatively events which it claims Happened in historical time, not in a primordial realm before time, And a myth is designed to explain some kind of practice or ritual or custom or natural phenomenon.

它常常天马行空，关乎一些想象中的事件,它们发生在有历史记载的时期，不是在史前原始王国，所以杜撰故事一般都是来解释一些惯例,或者仪式和风俗或者自然现象。

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Moreover, we must understand that inflation is not a natural phenomenon.

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Was it a natural phenomenon they built the city around?

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They treat it as if it is a natural phenomenon that can be manipulated and exploited, rather than the fragile creation of several generations of hard work, risk-taking and inventiveness.

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