(of a quality, feeling, etc. )品质、感情等 that you have when you are born synonym inborn天生的;先天的;与生俱来的 the innate ability to learn 天生的学习能力 He never lost his innate sense of fun. 他从未失去与生俱来的幽默感。 Is a tendency towards violence an innate characteristic? 暴力倾向是天生的特征吗? Many children seem to have an innate sense of justice. 许多儿童似乎天生便具有正义感。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInnate is used with these nouns:- ability
- capacity
- conservatism
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin innatus, past participle of innasci, from in- ‘into’ + nasci ‘be born’.