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

• Having read this, what's your instinctive reaction?
  读过这些之后，你的本能反应是什么？
• 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。
• He impressed me as a very clever student with an instinctive insight into math.
  他给我的印象是一个非常聪明的学生，对数学有本能的洞察力。
• I have an instinctive distrust of authority.
  我天生不信任当权者。
• Unlike these more complex feelings, fear is instinctive, they say, and requires no conscious thought.
  他们说，恐惧不同于这些更为复杂的情感，恐惧是天生的，不需要有意识的思维。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was scared, and my instinctive response was to run.
  我很害怕，我本能的反应就是跑。