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the ability to know something by using your feelings rather than considering the facts 直觉力 Intuition told her that he had spoken the truth. 直觉告诉她，他说的是实话。 He was guided by intuition and personal judgement. 他受直觉和个人判断的指导。 The answer came to me in a flash of intuition. 直觉一闪，我想到了答案。
Extra ExamplesHer feminine intuition told her that he was unhappy. 女性的直觉告诉她他不快乐。 Intuition told me we were going in the wrong direction. 直觉告诉我，我们走错方向了。 Most business decisions are guided by pure intuition. 绝大多数商业决策纯粹都是根据直觉作出的。 Call it women's intuition if you like, but I knew he was up to something. 就当是女人的直觉吧，但我肯定他在捣鬼。 I seem to get to the answers as much by intuition as by any special knowledge. 我似乎通过直觉和任何特殊的知识来获得答案。 The contestants will be given no instructions but will have to rely on their own intuition. 参赛者不会得到任何指示，但必须依靠自己的直觉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- female
- feminine
- woman’s
- …
- flash
- have
- rely on
- trust
- …
- suggest something
- tell somebody something
- by intuition
- intuition about
- intuition behind
- …
- [countable] intuition (that…)
an idea or a strong feeling that something is true although you cannot explain why （一种）直觉 Extra ExamplesShe had an intuition that her mother wasn't very well. 她有种直觉，觉得母亲身体不太好。 She learned to trust her intuitions about other people's motives. 她学会了相信自己对于他人动机的直觉。 His presence there confirmed my original intuition. 他的出现证实了我最初的直觉。 Jack's intuition to call her that day had been right. 杰克那天给她打电话的直觉是对的。 We weren't sure whether our intuitions were correct. 我们不确定我们的直觉是否正确。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- female
- feminine
- woman’s
- …
- flash
- have
- rely on
- trust
- …
- suggest something
- tell somebody something
- by intuition
- intuition about
- intuition behind
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting spiritual insight or immediate spiritual communication): from late Latin intuitio(n-), from Latin intueri ‘consider’, from in- ‘upon’ + tueri ‘to look’.