instinct

英 ['ɪnstɪŋkt] 美 ['ɪnstɪŋkt]

• n. 直觉；本能；天性
• adj. 充满的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]本能; 天性; 直觉

   natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 直觉，感觉，预感
2. 本能
3. 天性，生性，本性
4. 才能
5. 天才，天赋，天资
6. 天生
7. 良知
8. 冲动
9. 欲望
10. 癖好

adj. 形容词

1. 充满的，盈溢的

v. 动词

1. 鼓动，推动

英英释义

Noun:

1. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli;

   "the spawning instinct in salmon"
   "altruistic instincts in social animals"
   

Adjective:

1. (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated;

   "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"
   "words instinct with love"
   "it is replete with misery"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Don't trust anything except your instinct.
   只管相信你的直觉。
2. She had, too, a true instinct as to the man.
   她对这男人还有一种正确的直觉。
3. It is his instinct to reckon on women as constant by their nature.
   他的直觉使他认为女人在本质上就是一成不变的。
4. You should not go by instinct in deciding a question.
   在决定一个问题时，你不能靠直觉。
5. Birds learn to fly by instinct.
   鸟类学习飞翔是出于本能。
6. Instinct is not always a good guide.
   凭本能行事不一定都对。
7. Ladies have an instinct for carefulness.
   女性天性认真细致。
8. Her dramatic instinct was roused by the choice of subjects.
   画面上的不同主题激发起她爱好戏剧的天性。
9. His instinct was aggressive in all respects, especially in the fielding.
   他天性在各个方面好斗，尤其在防守方面。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She likes to hear words instinct with love.
   她喜欢听充满爱意的言辞。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.
   鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚。
2. The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.
   那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
3. Lions have an instinct to hunt.
   狮子有猎食的本能。
4. Trust your instinct.
   相信你的直觉。
5. Don't ask me; follow your instincts and do what you think is right.
   不要问我,凭你自己的直觉行事,你认为什么是对的就去做什么。

经典引文

• The instinct to suck as possessed by the young of all mammals.

  出自：Oxford English Dictionary

• By instinct she ran first towards the wharf gate.

  出自： A. P. Herbert

• His first wild instinct was to accelerate.

  出自： D. Nobbs

• Through all the palace..Instinct with light, a living splendour ran.

  出自： B. Cornwall

• He looks at these people, instinct with the times.

  出自： M. Bradbury

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• arouse sb's instinct 唤起某人的本能
• excite gambling instinct 激起冒险的天性
• follow instinct 凭直觉

形容词+～

• natural instinct 天性
• unerring instinct 准确的直觉
• acquisitive instinct 贪婪的本性
• base instinct 基本本能

名词+～

• animal instinct 动物的本能

介词+～

• by〔out of〕 instinct 出于本能
• from instinct 凭直觉

～+介词

• instinct for sports 生性爱好运动
• instinct for survival 求生的本能

近反义词

【近义词】

• feeling
• intuition