instinct

复数：instincts

1. [U][C]本能; 天性; 直觉 natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way

• 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

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

• animal instinct动物的本能

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

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

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 instinct n. 母性本能

animal instinct动物本能；野兽直觉

basic instinct本能

herd instinct[心]群居本能，群体心理

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。

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