中英互译
instinct
英 /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/美 /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/
基本释义
- n.本能,天性;直觉;天分,天赋
- adj.充满(某种品质,尤指好品质)的
复数instincts
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词语例句
本能,天性n.
六级四级I didn't have as strong a maternal instinct as some other mothers.
我不像其他一些母亲那样有那么强烈的母性本能。
Because they have an instinct for cleanliness.
因为他们有清洁的本能。
War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species.
在人类物种中,战争可能是生物本能和侵略冲动的自然表现。
直觉n.
There is scientific evidence to support our instinct that being surrounded by plants is good for health.
有科学证据表明我们的直觉是正确的,即被植物环绕着有益健康。
天分,天赋cn.
He seems to have an instinct for smart advertising and marketing.
他好像在广告和营销方面有天分。
充满(某种品质,尤指好品质)的adj.
This novel is instinct with the writer's enthusiasm for life.
这部小说充满了作家对生活的热爱。
- He should have let his instinct guide him.他本该让直觉指导他的行动。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Many birds have a remarkable homing instinct.很多鸟类具有了不起的返回原地的本能。来自《牛津词典》
- Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear.马天性易受惊吓。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- first instinct本能反应
- by instinct天生;生来
- instinct for sth.对……的本能
- instinct to do sth.做某事的本能
- have an instinct for有……的天性
- instinct with充满
- by instinct出于本能
- instinct for有…的天分;生来就
- on instinct本能,凭直觉
- killer instinct杀生本能
- maternal instinctn. 母性本能
- animal instinct动物本能;野兽直觉
- Basic Instinct本能;第六感追缉令;本能2致命诱惑
- Killer Instinct杀手本能;杀手学堂;超强第六感;杀手直觉
- instinct noodles速食面;速食里;快餐面
- Animal Instinct动物本能;野兽直觉;动物本性;母亲的爱
- The Language Instinct语言本能;言语天性;语言天性
词语扩展
n.
[生物]本能,直觉;[心理]天性
adj.
充满着的
adj.
instinctive本能的;直觉的;天生的
adv.
词义分布
本能
75.7%
直觉
18.5%
天性
4.6%
本能反应
1.3%
英英释义
- n.inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
- adj.(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
- n.the natural way that a person or an animal behaves or reacts
本能- My first instinct was to laugh.我第一反应是大笑。
词源
- instinct本能,天性in-,进入,使,-stinct,刺,词源同stick,distinct.其原义为刺激,推动,后引申词义天生的能力,本能,天性。
- instinct本能,直觉;生性,天性来源于拉丁语复合动词instinguere(用尖棒驱使,鼓动,煽动)的过去分词instinctus,进入英语时发展为"冲动,固有冲动"的意义。 词根词缀: in-在上面 + -stinct-刺 → 刺在身上