Instinct

['ɪnstɪŋ(k)t] or ['ɪnstɪŋkt]

解释:

(noun.) inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; 'the spawning instinct in salmon'; 'altruistic instincts in social animals'.

(adj.) (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; 'imbued with the spirit of the Reformation'; 'words instinct with love'; 'it is replete with misery' .

录入:威廉敏娜--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

(a.) Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.

(a.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.

(a.) A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.

(v. t.) To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.

吉尔达整理

同义词及近义词：

n. Natural impulse.

埃文编辑

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Prompting, impulse, intuition, inclination

ANT:Reason, reasoning, abstraction, deliberation, experience, experiment,elaboration, judgment

手打:维吉尔

解释:

n. impulse: an involuntary prompting to action: intuition: the mental aspect of those actions which take rank between unconscious reflex activities and intelligent conduct: the natural impulse by which animals are guided apparently independent of reason or experience.—adj. (in-stingkt′) instigated or incited: moved: animated.—adj. Instinc′tive prompted by instinct: involuntary: acting according to or determined by natural impulse.—adv. Instinc′tively.—n. Instinctiv′ity (rare).

整理:尼古拉斯