instinct
英 /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ 美 /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/
- n. 本能；天性A natural tendency to behave without learning or conscious thought.
- n. 直觉A feeling about something that does not involve conscious reasoning.
By instinct, the newborn kitten searched for its mother.
刚出生的小猫本能地寻找妈妈。
Although instinct can guide rapid decisions, public health policies should primarily rely on reliable scientific evidence.
尽管直觉可以引导快速决策，公共卫生政策仍应主要依据可靠的科学证据。
搭配
survival instinct 生存本能by instinct 出于本能trust your instincts 相信自己的直觉an instinct for 对……的天生能力
辨析提示
instinct常指先天本能；intuition偏指直觉判断。
词族
instinctive (adj.)、instinctively (adv.)、instinctual (adj.)
近义 intuition、gut feeling
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