| 釋義 |
instinct /'instiijkt; hnstiijkt/ n 1 [U] natural tendency to behave in a certain way without reasoning or training: 本能： Birds learn to fly by ~. 鳥學(xué)飛系出于本能。 2 [C] innate impulse or intuition; instance of ~⑴：未性的沖動(dòng); 直血; 愚本能行事的實(shí)例： He seems to have an ~ for always doing and saying the right thing. 他好像有做事說話永不出錯(cuò)的本能。 pred adj /.in'stiijkt; in'stmkt/ ~ with, filled with, animated by: 充滿; 受…的鼓舞： a picture ~ with life; 充滿生氣的一幅畫; a poem ~ with passion. 充誦熱情的一首詩。 irvstinctive /in'stigktiv; m'stiijktiv/ adj based on ~, not coming from training or teaching: 憑本能的; 天生的： Animals have an ~ive dread of fire. 動(dòng)物天生怕火. instinctively adv |