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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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 was scared, and my instinctive response was to run.
  我很害怕，我本能的反应就是跑。
• Accept that you have an inborn, instinctive style of action.
  承认自己有一个与生俱来的、本能的行为风格。
• My dislike of him was instinctive.
  我对虚荣的厌恶是与生俱来的。
• 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。
• Having read this, what's your instinctive reaction?
  读过这些之后，你的本能反应是什么？
• Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back
  当被别人弄疼时我们本能的反应是反击。
• 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。