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

• Once you know your instinctive style, brainstorm ways to make it work for you, not against you.
  一旦你知道自己的本能行为风格，采用”头脑风暴“得出让它为你效劳的途径，而不是让它与你背道而驰。
• 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。
• 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。
• Out of the instinctive choice of comfort, we like this kind of Bed.
  出于对舒适的本能选择，我们喜欢这种床。
• I have an instinctive distrust of authority.
  我天生不信任当权者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even so, he lacks the instinctive charm of a politician.
  即便如此，他也缺乏一个政治家与生俱来的魅力。
• An unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
  试图减少或降低本能欲望的一种无意识的过程。