instinctive

英 [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv]

美 [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv]

adj.  本能的; 直觉的; 天生的

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Collins.2 / BNC.8715 / COCA.14454

牛津词典

adj.

• 本能的；直觉的；天生的
  based on instinct , not thought or training
  1. instinctive knowledge
     本能的知识
  2. She's an instinctive player.
     她是个天生的运动员。
  3. My instinctive reaction was to deny everything.
     我的本能反应是否认一切。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 本能的;天性的;直觉的
  Aninstinctivefeeling, idea, or action is one that you have or do without thinking or reasoning.
  1. It's an absolutely instinctive reaction—if a child falls you pick it up...
     这完全是本能的反应——如果一个孩子摔倒了你会把他扶起来。
  2. Ms Senatorova showed an instinctive feel for market economics.
     谢纳托罗娃女士对市场经济学有一种天生的敏感。

英英释义

adj

• unthinking
  1. a cat's natural aversion to water
  2. offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
  Synonym:natural

双语例句

• During our training and subsequent practice, this urge to help and to heal becomes almost instinctive.
  在我们的培训和随后的实践过程中，这种想帮助和医治的强烈愿望几乎变成了本能。
• Instinctive deference to authority, paternalism and reluctance to cause others to lose face inhibit overt challenge and criticism.
  对权威出自本能的顺从、家长作风以及不愿让别人丢脸的心态，抑制了公然的挑战与批评。
• God himself has placed in the human heart an instinctive tendency to live in peace and harmony.
  神赋给人心生活在和平与和谐中的本能倾向。
• The unconscious is certainly the source of instinctive activity.
  无意识是当然之源出于本能的活动。
• She's an instinctive player.
  她是个天生的运动员。
• My instinctive measure of a society is how closely it resembles South African apartheid.
  我衡量一个社会时，本能上会看其与南非种族隔离制度的相近程度。
• Of course, you'll inevitably interact with people whose instinctive patterns are different from yours.
  当然，你不可避免地会同那些本能行为风格和你不同的人打交道。
• Instinctive desire of love!
  爱的欲望出于本能！
• Having read this, what's your instinctive reaction?
  读过这些之后，你的本能反应是什么？
• I have an instinctive distrust of authority.
  我天生不信任当权者。