英语释义

1. a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity
had an instinct for the right word

2. a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason

3. behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level

4. profoundly imbued infused
my mood, instinct with romance
— S. J. Perelman

5. impelled by an inner or animating or exciting agency

6. a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way

7. something you know without learning it or thinking about it

8. a natural ability

9. an act or course of action in response to a stimulus that is automatic rather than learned
It's a cat's instinct to hunt.

10. a way of knowing something without learning or thinking about it
Her instincts told her to wait.

11. a natural ability He has an instinct for making money.

片语

instinctual representative欲力代表

instinctual revolution本能革命

libidinal性欲的，欲望的；本能的

So Instinctual太本能

instinctual drive本能性驱力

instinctual anxiety本能性焦虑

involantary不随意的；本能的；无心的

instinctual catharsis出于本能的精神发泄

instinctual life当我们的本能生活

Instinctual behavior本能行为

instinctual drives本能驱策力

英汉例句

• only after returning to homeostasis do the higher-order brain functions of the neocortex begin to override instinctual responses.

  只有当体内回复平衡之后，高阶新皮层脑功能才能开始压倒本能反应。

• when a child star is cute and has a few instinctual acting moves, that’s probably enough for him to get by.

  当一个可爱的童星本色地出演了一些动作片，这很有可能已经足够让他通过大众的评审。

• but beyond such instinctual emotions and their predictable behavioral responses, the possibility of more complex animal feelings -- those that entail mental processing -- is difficult to demonstrate.

  但是超出这种原始情感和可预见的行为反应，即需要思维过程的复杂的动物情感，其存在的可能性是难以证明的。

• today we live in a world that does not accommodate these instinctual needs very well.

  今天我们生活的世界不大需要适应这种直觉性的需求。

• this momentary shift is a direct reflection of your instinctual emotion splitting away from your moral values.

  电光火石间，价值观发生偏移，肤浅的思绪超越了内心正常的道德规范，这直接反映出你的生物本能正在急速偏离道德价值取向。

• as the experiments show, animals are by no means robots driven solely by instinctual responses.

  就像试验显示的那样，动物绝不是机器人，只受本能反应的驱使。

• hiring decisions are made on more than just skills and experience. it's also about gut feelings and instinctual reactions.

  招聘决定不仅取决于技巧和经验，还有直觉和本能反应。

• instinctual repulsion to some ofthese critters, bracha hypothesizes, might have arisen in the neolithic period, which started about 10, 000 years ago.

  布拉齐强调，对这些生物的本能憎恶可能产生于约一万年前开始的新石器时代。

• the unconscious is the safe haven for our recollection of painful events and also it is where we store our instinctual drives.

  可是，无意识是我们回避痛苦事件的避风港，也是在我们头脑中存放本能驱力的场所。

• as wild animals with massive brains and the ability to respond to sensory stimuli with more than just base instinctual behavior, we humans have the tendency to overthink pretty much, well, everything.

  作为拥有巨大脑容量和超越本能的对多种感官刺激感受的反应力，我们人类差不多对每件事物都考虑过多。

• whether other instinctual forces exist, such as a rough-and-tumble 「play」 system, is also being investigated.

  是否还有其他如杂乱无章的「游戏」系统的本能存在，目前还在研究当中。

• at the most basic level is simple and instinctual perception.

  最基本的方式是简单而本能的感知。

• and you need some instinctual gratification or you need some instincts to operate well to make life in society possible.

  你需要一些本能的满意,或你需要一些能运作良好使,你能适应社会的本能。

• but we also think that the best way to hinder the always unpredictable actions of instinctual anti-semitism is to organise a reasonable anti-semitism.

  但我们仍然认为，为了抵抗由本能的反犹主义而带来的不可预测的行为，我们最好还是组织一个合理的反犹主义。

• using single-arm swimming can help you discover the instinctual aspects of some strokes, and show you what may be lacking in others.

  采用单臂游泳可以帮助你在泳姿中发现本能方面的动作，告诉你自己可能少了什么。

• as i mentioned at the beginning, fear is the instinctual response to potential danger, therefore we must analyze and manage the 「potential danger」 in order to stop being afraid.

  正如我开篇提到的那样，恐惧是对潜在危险的本能反应，因此我们必须分析和处理「潜在危险」从而制止恐惧。

• but we also think that the best way to hinder the always unpredictable, violent actions of the instinctual anti-immigrant is to organise reasonable anti-immigrant protection.

  但我们仍然认为，为了抵抗由本能的反移民情绪而带来的不可预测的暴力行为，我们最好还是组织一个合理的反移民保护措施。

• in this principle, instinctual energy is restrained in order to maintain the safety of the individual and help integrate the person into society.

  在这一原则指导下，本能沖动的能量受到了限制，以便保持着个人的安全和促使个人融入社会。

• perhaps it’s instinctual to rummage through that pile of red delicious apples at the market looking for those few, unbruised perfect specimens. but beauty is only peel deep.

  也许是出于直觉，人们会从一大堆「红富士」苹果中寻找少数的没有碰伤的苹果，但是，那只是外表美。

• from definitions, fear is a pre-programmed emotion that acts as an instinctual response to potential danger.

  恐惧是对于潜在危险做出的一种本能反应，这种本能的反应还会引发出不同的身体反应。

• and this instinctual response causes different physical reactions, because when we are afraid, the adrenaline and the stress hormone cortisol are released into the blood stream.

  而且，这种本能反应会引发不同的生理反应，因为当我们陷入恐惧当中，肾上腺激素和应激激素皮质醇会被释放到血液当中。

• in reality, unless final moments involve a great deal of mental and physical preparation, they are often marked by the most powerful and instinctual of emotions: fear and panic.

  实际上，除非最后的时刻涉及到许多重大的精神上和物质上的準备，通常都是取决于人类最具力量和最本能的情感：害怕和恐慌。

• similarly, though children has no instinctual fear of guns, they can learn the correct reaction to guns in a short time.

  同样，虽然孩童对枪并不存在本能的惧怕，人们还是很快就能习得对枪的正确反应。