| 词汇 | instinct |
| 释义 | instinct noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/ us /ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/ C2 the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn about it: 本能，直觉 All his instincts told him to stay near the car and wait for help.他的直觉告诉他要呆在车旁、等待救援。 [ + to infinitive ]Her first instinct was to run.她的第一反应是逃跑。 It is instinct that tells the birds when to begin their migration.是本能让鸟类知道何时开始迁徙。 have an instinct forfigurativeBob seems to have an instinct for (= is naturally good at) knowing which products will sell.鲍勃好像能凭直觉知道哪些产品有销路。 Predicting things and intuition augur augury bellwether betcha bode herald horizon scanning hunch inkling intuit premonition premonitory presage prescience prescient telepathy there's no knowing/telling/sayingidiom unforeseeable unintuitively unreasoning You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Innate and congenital instinct | American Dictionaryinstinct noun[ C/U ] us/ˈɪn·stɪŋkt/ a natural ability that helps you decide what to do or how to act without thinking: [ U ]He lacked the instinct for quick action. [ C ]His biggest asset may be his political instincts. Instinct is also the ability to behave in a particular way that has not been learned: [ U ]the maternal instinct Examples of instinctinstinct Moreover, proposals that were technically elegant could run up against the instincts of the politicians. Our instincts about internal compromise suggest another political ideal standing beside justice and fairness. By experience and by instinct, people understood what they could not write about. There are simply too many constituencies, too many prejudices and too many conflicting instincts to satisfy. With self-consciousness comes a demand for philosophical justification of the state-building process, but that process has been going on in obedience to elemental instinct. Individuals in crowds, it was argued, lost their reason and yielded to instinct. Their minds and wills atrophied, and they became solely creatures of sensual instinct. Various social and institutional arrangements were put into place or expanded to deal with satisfying the gregarious instinct. Yet anyone who believes in close reading has to believe in the musical instinct underlying judgments of this kind. It is a book not only learned but also instinct with a soul. Reclaiming lost land was a principal goal for policymakers, but does that reflect nationalism or simply the natural instinct of rulers-anywhere and at all times? This helps consolidate their authority with a local elite, whose political instincts are likely otherwise to be more conservative. She was innocent at first but quick to develop instincts for exploiting her beauty for financial gain. A framework is a means of perception, that is why it is defended with desperate instinct by those holding it. In the political beliefs and instincts of individuals and through the activities of nationalist organizations idealism and pragmatism continuously came into unresolved tension. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withinstinctinstinctThese are words often used in combination with instinct. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. animal instinct That is the animalinstinct that is found in every human being and which lures people's body and mind to immoderate search for worldly pleasures. basic instinct For most cottagers and labourers the battle to retain a respectable independence was a basicinstinct. competitive instinct If one firm is lagging behind another, then the competitiveinstinct makes that firm devise ways of securing fresh trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with instinct |
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