instinct
instinct 英 [ˈɪnstɪŋkt] 美 [ˈɪnˌstɪŋkt]
n. 本能，直觉；天性
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
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1. maternal instincts
母性
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2. His first instinct was to run away.
他的本能反应就是逃跑。
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3. Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear.
马天性易受惊吓。
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4. Her instincts had been right.
她当时的直觉是对的。
- 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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