instinctual

英 [ɪnˈstɪŋktʃuəl]

美 [ɪnˈstɪŋktʃuəl]

adj.  本能(而非习得)的

IELTS

BNC.29028 / COCA.23909

牛津词典

adj.

• 本能（而非习得）的
  based on natural instinct ; not learned

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 本能的;天性的;直觉的
  Aninstinctualfeeling, action, or idea is one based on instinct.
  1. The relationship between a parent and a child is instinctual and stems from basic human nature.
     父母与孩子的关系是天生的,源于基本的人性。

双语例句

• Naturalist in New Guinea makes us understand how to change our instinctual fear of snakes and how to strengthen our abilities to change our mental program.
  新几内亚自然主义者了解了如何改变我们对蛇的本能恐惧，以及增强我们的大脑修改程序的能力。
• There was almost a kind of instinctual, animal acuity on display when Russert did an interview.
  罗斯特采访中一种几乎本能的、动物般的明锐。
• Remained the nearest to the instinctual, the irrational in music, and thus to the Dionysian spirit in art ( bMusco Carner)
  最接近本能的、无理性的音乐，保留戴奥尼索斯艺术中的精神（b穆斯科卡尔内）
• A man's instinctual response to visual stimulation very rarely has anything to do with his current relationship or how he feels about it.
  那性对视觉刺激作出的直觉反应极少和他目前的爱情关系状况，或者和他的感觉有关。
• 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。
• And by extension he intimates His distrust of all social and political revolutionary goals that are careless of the fate of the instinctual life.
  推而广之，他在这部小说中暗示出他对一切无视人类本能生活的命运的社会与政治革命目标都颇感怀疑。
• 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。
• 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。
• We all know we desire it, in fact it is instinctual but we do everything within our power to hide that fact.
  事实上，性是本能。但我们总是想方设法地掩盖这一事实。
• To live life consistent with your deepest instinctual drives.
  让生活与你的本能更一致。