born

Compared meaning: having a quality from birth (adjective).

比较义项：天生具有（某种特质或能力）（形容词）。

• natural

  Natural attaches directly to an inborn quality or talent (a natural talent, a natural ability) and is the more common, neutral choice; it can describe people, abilities or things in general.

  natural 可以直接修饰“天生的才能／能力”（a natural talent），是更常见、更中性的说法；它既可以形容人，也可以形容能力或事物本身。

  She has a natural talent for painting that no amount of lessons could teach.

  她天生就有绘画才能，这是再多的课程都教不出来的。

• born 本词

  Born is used only in the fixed pattern 'a born + role noun' (a born leader, a born teacher), giving a stronger sense of destiny; it cannot modify abstract nouns like 'talent' or 'ability'.

  born 只用于“a born + 角色／职业名词”这种固定搭配（a born leader，“天生的领导者”），带有更强的“天生注定”意味；它不能修饰“才能、能力”这类抽象名词。

  He's a born leader, and people naturally follow him in any crisis.

  他是个天生的领导者，遇到危机时大家都自然愿意听从他的指挥。

Both words describe a quality someone has from birth. Natural attaches directly to a talent or ability, like 'a natural talent', and is the more common, neutral choice. Born appears only as 'a born' plus a role, like 'a born leader', suggesting destiny.

这两个词都能表示“天生具备某种特质或能力”，但用法不同：natural 可以直接修饰“才能、能力”这类抽象名词（a natural talent），是更常见、更中性的说法；born 只用于“a born + 职业／角色名词”这种固定搭配（a born leader），语气更强调“天生注定”，不能修饰抽象名词。注意：born 还有“出生的”这一字面义（如 born in a village），natural 还有“天然的、非人工的”这一义项（如 natural sweetener），这两个词的其他意义这里不作比较。