太多的盐会盖住食物本来的味道。Too much salt masks the true flavour of the food.他一掌权就露出了本来的面目.Once he achieved power he showed his true colors.这房子本来的主人是威灵顿公爵.The original owner of the house was the Duke of Wellington....

“本来的”的英语可以翻译为：inward ...