based on instinct (= a natural quality that makes somebody/something behave in a particular way), not thought or training 本能的;直觉的;天生的 instinctive knowledge 本能的知识 She's an instinctive player. 她是个天生的运动员。 My instinctive reaction was to deny everything. 我的本能反应是否认一切。
Extra ExamplesA bird's knowledge of its migratory route is partly learnt and partly instinctive. 鸟类对迁徙路线的认识一部分是学来的,一部分是源自本能。 His reaction had been based on an instinctive attempt to protect himself. 他的反应是基于保护自己的本能。 She seemed to have an instinctive awareness of what I was feeling. 她似乎对我的感受有一种本能的意识。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
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- purely
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