based on instinct (= a natural quality that makes somebody/something behave in a particular way), not thought or training 本能的;直覺的;天生的 instinctive knowledge 本能的知識 She's an instinctive player. 她是個天生的運動員。 My instinctive reaction was to deny everything. 我的本能反應是否認一切。
Extra ExamplesA bird's knowledge of its migratory route is partly learnt and partly instinctive. 鳥類對遷徙路線的認識一部分是學來的,一部分是源自本能。 His reaction had been based on an instinctive attempt to protect himself. 他的反應是基於保護自己的本能。 She seemed to have an instinctive awareness of what I was feeling. 她似乎對我的感受有一種本能的意識。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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