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单词 instinct
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instinct
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/us
/ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/
C2
the waypeopleoranimalsnaturallyreactorbehave, without having tothinkorlearnabout it:
本能，直觉
All his instincts told him tostaynear thecarandwaitforhelp.他的直觉告诉他要呆在车旁、等待救援。
[+ to infinitive]Herfirstinstinct wastorun.她的第一反应是逃跑。
It is instinct thattellsthebirdswhen tobegintheirmigration.是本能让鸟类知道何时开始迁徙。
figurativeBobseemstohavean instinctfor(= isnaturallygood at)knowingwhichproductswillsell.鲍勃好像能凭直觉知道哪些产品有销路。
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Innate and congenital
(Definition ofinstinctfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

instinct| American Dictionary

instinct
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈɪn·stɪŋkt/
anaturalabilitythathelpsyoudecidewhat to do or how toactwithoutthinking:
[U]Helackedthe instinct forquickaction.
[C]Hisbiggestassetmay be hispoliticalinstincts.
Instinct is also theabilitytobehavein aparticularway that has not beenlearned:
[U]thematernalinstinct
(Definition ofinstinctfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinstinct

instinct
Moreover, proposals that were technically elegant could run up against the instincts of the politicians.
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Our instincts about internal compromise suggest another political ideal standing beside justice and fairness.
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By experience and byinstinct, people understood what they could not write about.
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There are simply too many constituencies, too many prejudices and too many conflicting instincts to satisfy.
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With self-consciousness comes a demand for philosophical justification of the state-building process, but that process has been going on in obedience to elementalinstinct.
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Individuals in crowds, it was argued, lost their reason and yielded toinstinct.
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Their minds and wills atrophied, and they became solely creatures of sensualinstinct.
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Various social and institutional arrangements were put into place or expanded to deal with satisfying the gregariousinstinct.
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Yet anyone who believes in close reading has to believe in the musicalinstinctunderlying judgments of this kind.
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It is a book not only learned but alsoinstinctwith a soul.
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Reclaiming lost land was a principal goal for policymakers, but does that reflect nationalism or simply the naturalinstinctof rulers-anywhere and at all times?
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This helps consolidate their authority with a local elite, whose political instincts are likely otherwise to be more conservative.
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She was innocent at first but quick to develop instincts for exploiting her beauty for financial gain.
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A framework is a means of perception, that is why it is defended with desperateinstinctby those holding it.
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In the political beliefs and instincts of individuals and through the activities of nationalist organizations idealism and pragmatism continuously came into unresolved tension.
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Collocationswithinstinct

instinct

These are words often used in combination withinstinct.

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animal instinct
That is theanimalinstinctthat is found in every human being and which lures people's body and mind to immoderate search for worldly pleasures.
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basic instinct
For most cottagers and labourers the battle to retain a respectable independence was abasicinstinct.
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competitive instinct
If one firm is lagging behind another, then thecompetitiveinstinctmakes that firm devise ways of securing fresh trade.
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