instinct

美 [??nst??kt] 　英 ['?nst??kt]

• n.本能；直覺；天性
• adj.充滿的
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)本能反應(yīng)；生性；笑看風(fēng)云

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Used for a purpose, the imitative instinct may, like any other instinct, become a factor in the development of effective action.

模仿的本能，如果為了一個(gè)目的加以運(yùn)用，也許能和任何其他本能一樣，成為發(fā)展有效的行動(dòng)的一個(gè)因素。

The original "Basic Instinct" was no great film and is still something of a "smut classic" but it was entertaining.

早年的《本能》，算不上是什么偉大的影片，但依然不失為一部“情色經(jīng)典”（smutclassic），而且有娛樂性。

Had a dying instinct told him his motherless offspring would be safe here, as he had been, with those who loved him?

是否臨終前的本能告訴他沒有母親的孩子在這里會(huì)很安全，就像他當(dāng)初一樣，有那些愛他的人們呢？

It was instinct that helped F. D. R. find his way through a political labyrinth that was navigable by neither intellect nor principle alone.

是直覺讓羅斯福在這個(gè)僅靠智慧或原則都不能通過的政治迷宮中找到了方向。

Heretofore we had been digging in the dark, with nothing but instinct to guide us.

到目前為止我們一直在黑暗中發(fā)掘，單憑直覺引導(dǎo)我們。

A child's first instinct when something frightens him is to reach out for his mother's or father's hand.

當(dāng)感到害怕時(shí)，小孩子的第一個(gè)反應(yīng)便是伸手緊握父母的手；

I think filling the gaping holes in our knowledge with made-up (and often wrong) information is some sort of a natural survival instinct.

我認(rèn)為用我們自己制造的（經(jīng)常是錯(cuò)誤的）的一些信息來彌補(bǔ)我們知識(shí)當(dāng)中的漏洞是一種自然的求生本能。

Some people seem to have an instinct for knowing where a good bargain is to be found.

有些人似乎生來就知道哪兒有好買賣可做。

The incentive to "go along" to "get along" is always present, in competition with a journalist's instinct to speak truth to power.

通過“合作”來“搞好關(guān)系”的動(dòng)機(jī)始終存在，與記者不畏權(quán)勢(shì)仗義執(zhí)言的本能進(jìn)行著斗爭(zhēng)。

Such an inheritance could be called instinct, using the word in its original sense. But it is not quite so simple.

如果用最原始的詞語來描述，這種遺傳被稱為本能，但實(shí)際并不是那麼簡(jiǎn)單的。

Still, he did not pass in front of it any more, in obedience to the instinct of timidity and to the instinct of prudence common to lovers.

但是他仍同時(shí)服從情人們那種怯弱和謹(jǐn)慎的本能，不再往前移動(dòng)。

Not knowing who it was, I kicked him in the face just out of instinct.

我也不知道是什么人，本能的用腳踹了他的臉。

The ideals of philanthropy and giving back in many forms to those in need are the spirit of the human instinct to help others.

懷抱慈善事業(yè)的理想和以多種形式幫助有需要的人是人類相互幫助的人性本能。

When a rational woman wakes up to find a man practically on top of her, their first instinct would be to reach for the mace.

一名理性的婦女如果醒來時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)有個(gè)男人幾乎騎在她身上時(shí)，她的第一本能反應(yīng)應(yīng)該是伸手去找防身的狼牙棒。

At this time the young man was really scared, his instinct of living made him use all his strength lifting Socrates and climbed to the bank.

這下子，年輕人真的慌了，求生的本能令他拼盡全力將蘇格拉底掀開，爬到岸上。

He said that sleep was not a passive response to lack of stimulation but an active process, rather like an instinct.

他說睡眠并非由于缺乏刺激而做出的消極反應(yīng)而更像是一種本能的積極反應(yīng)。

If you think something isn't right for your child, act on your instinct.

如果你覺得孩子一些事或行為不妥，甚至有問題，那么你就該憑直覺行動(dòng)。

Your dog will want to do as you say - and he'll hear every word you utter but his instinct will not allow him to obey you.

狗兒其實(shí)愿意服從命令，他也聽得到你說的每一個(gè)字，但他的本能不讓他聽你的。

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

離開辦公室之前我總統(tǒng)任期完成每本能是相悖的在我的身體里。

And I, is also a passenger, but I to be utterly ignorant of instinct drive, think of her car should be safe, so I have to blame the emu.

而我，同樣是乘客，但我對(duì)駕駛一竅不通，本能想到的是自己乘車應(yīng)該是安全的，所以才有對(duì)車組的責(zé)怪。

At this disenchanted moment a little lame duck of her own breed was welcome to June, so homeopathic by instinct.

在這樣一個(gè)幻想破滅時(shí)刻，一個(gè)至親骨肉的可憐蟲對(duì)瓊說來是受歡迎的，從本能上覺得這是很好的順勢(shì)療法。

Charles II himself was a reasonable and unrevengeful man with a sound instinct against making famous martyrs.

查理二世本人是通情達(dá)理的，沒有報(bào)復(fù)之心，具有反對(duì)殺害知名人物的健全天性。

The instinct that goaded him to flight never was dumb.

那種催他逃命的本能也一直沒個(gè)安寧。

Cruelty and the fighting instinct have not yet been bred out of the human species.

殘忍和好斗的天性并未從人類消除。

Men are still led by instinct before they are regulated by knowledge.

人類在受知識(shí)指導(dǎo)以前是受本能控制的。

It's an instinct of the English democracy.

這就是英國(guó)民主的實(shí)質(zhì)。

As one character explains, the monsters seem to have been drawn there by instinct: the mall was clearly an important place in their lives.

一個(gè)特寫說明，這些僵尸似乎出于本能被吸引到這里：很明顯，購物商城在他們的生活中意義非凡。

It is a sound instinct of the common people which persuades them that with this all that needs to be said is said.

對(duì)平常人而言，他們總有一種頑固的直覺勸導(dǎo)自己去說那些需要說的東西。

The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.

人的本能是追逐從他身邊飛走

With just a couple of simple steps and a little bit of practice, you can rediscover that age old instinct.

通過兩個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的步驟和一些練習(xí)，你就可以重新找回那遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)代的直覺。

Their first instinct was to turn. It was the worst decision they could have made.

他們的本能反應(yīng)是轉(zhuǎn)向，而這也是最不利的決定。

After she had given birth to a baby, her maternal instinct caused her to fight with the couple for its custody.

事成之后，代母的母性大發(fā)，與該對(duì)夫婦爭(zhēng)奪女兒的撫養(yǎng)權(quán)。

He had the insight and the instinct to see this thing and to know in his heart immediately that this was going to be of profound importance.

他具有敏銳的洞察力與直覺，一看到這具化石，就能立刻深知，這具化石將具有極為重大的意義。

Instinct of womankind told Miss Forbes that this and no other was the type of man to work such a miracle.

人類的本能告訴福布斯小姐說，這并沒有別的——這個(gè)男士創(chuàng)造了奇跡。

The commission's instinct seems to be to take a fairly tough stance on intra-bank lending, but its precise views are hazy.

委員會(huì)的本意是在銀行間的借貸中扮演一種極其強(qiáng)硬的姿態(tài)，不過有關(guān)它們更確切的立場(chǎng)尚不清楚。

It was a creature of instinct, and its instinct told it that there was a meal to be had here.

它這么做完全是出自本能，而它的本能告訴它這些是可以吃的食物。

But disreputable, illiterate and ignorant though he was, Fegelein seems to have been possessed of a simon-pure instinct FOR survival.

菲格萊因雖然聲名狼藉，愚昧無知，但似乎仍具有貪圖活命的單純本能。

It's a good instinct, as you want to help, but maybe it's not the best thing.

從直覺上看，你會(huì)覺得不錯(cuò)，因?yàn)?/c>你想干點(diǎn)實(shí)事，但也許它并不是解決問題的最佳方式。

Externally, your main consideration seems to be acquiring wealth and satisfying your pleasure-seeking instinct.

你主要考慮的事情是獲取財(cái)富和滿足你享樂的本能。

He had never been hunted by a bloodhound nor had he ever seen that brute's unerring instinct baffled by human cunning.

他從來沒有被一只獵狗追逐過，也從沒見過人的機(jī)靈戰(zhàn)勝過那種動(dòng)物的萬無一失的本能。

As if by instinct you slice up at his approaching fist and cut through his hand as if it were water.

你憑著直覺，切豆腐似的將迫近的巨拳從他手上橫切而過。

Knowing what is the right move to make is often just a matter of gut instinct.

知道什么是對(duì)的到執(zhí)行經(jīng)常只是本能直覺的事兒。

Although we might tend to put this sort of skill down as basic "instinct, " it actually relies on higher activities of the brain.

盡管我們會(huì)把這種能力當(dāng)作基本的“本能”，它實(shí)際上依靠大腦更高層次上的活動(dòng)。

Call it a premonition, an instinct, a feeling -- whatever you label it, it's your intuition talking.

稱之為預(yù)感也好，本能也好，感覺也好--無論你管它叫什么，那都是你的直覺在”講話“。

But when she looks over and spots him, her first instinct is to assume he's an intruder, and she whacks him on the head with her vacuum.

但是她轉(zhuǎn)頭看，發(fā)現(xiàn)了他，她直覺把他定為一個(gè)闖入家宅的人，她用她的真空吸塵器敲打他的腦袋。

Julia lifted her forearms out of instinct, shut her eyes, and waited for the swift delivery of his decades'-old promise.

朱莉婭本能地舉起小臂捂上眼睛，等待他迅速實(shí)施二十多年前就威脅要做的事情。