belonging to or part of the real nature of something/somebody 固有的;内在的;本身的 the intrinsic value of education 教育的固有价值 These tasks were repetitive, lengthy and lacking any intrinsic interest. 这些作业重复冗长,没什么意义。 - intrinsic to something
Small local shops are intrinsic to the town's character. 本地的一些小店铺是这个镇的基本特点。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntrinsic is used with these nouns:- aptitude
- character
- evil
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘interior, inner’): from French intrinsèque, from late Latin intrinsecus, from the earlier adverb intrinsecus ‘inwardly, inwards’.