instinct
instinct 英 [ˈɪnstɪŋkt] 美 [ˈɪnˌstɪŋkt]
n. 本能，直觉；天性 adj. 充满着的
名词复数:instincts
- An instinct is something you don't need to learn — it happens naturally, without you even thinking about it. Babies cry by instinct, and ducks follow their mother by instinct.
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- n. 本能，直觉；天性
- adj. 充满着的
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1. Some scientists thought that fight between the male animals headed up from their instinct.
有些科学家认为雄性动物之间的争斗源于其本能。
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2. But she had no proof of this, and her instinct in the circumstances was to avoid its purlieus.
但是她没有这方面的证明，因此在这种情形下，她的本能就是避免接触这个社会。
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3. This seems to be because they have a strong base instinct for protecting their women.
这似乎是因为他们有一种强烈的根源性的本能去保护他们的女人。
- instinct (n.) early 15c., "a prompting" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French instinct (14c.) or directly from Latin instinctus "instigation, impulse, inspiration," noun use of past participle of instinguere "to incite, impel," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + stinguere "prick, goad," from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce" (see stick (v.)).
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