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

• 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。
• Sex is instinctive, possessive, commanding: a force to be reckoned with, dangerous when unleashed.
  性是一种本能，是占有和支配，是一种被认为是一旦释放便十分危险的力量。
• Was he simply obeying a sort of instinctive impulse which was obscure even to himself?
  还是他受了一种连他自己也无法了解的本能的冲动呢？
• Having read this, what's your instinctive reaction?
  读过这些之后，你的本能反应是什么？
• I think most of us have the instinctive ability to discern between the merely obsequious and the purely altruistic.
  提要我想我们大部分人都可以直觉的辨认出逢迎谄媚和纯粹的利他行为。
• He is responding in a way that is both instinctive and deeply satisfying.
  对任何人来说，这种处境都令人大为光火。他的反应方式不但是一种本能，还能令他得到深深的释放。
• 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。
• My dislike of him was instinctive.
  我对虚荣的厌恶是与生俱来的。
• Most people believe that they are a reasonable judge of character and trust their instinctive feelings.
  大多数人相信他们是合理判断人的性格，相信他们本能的感觉。
• 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。