instinct

1. N-VAR Instinct is the natural tendency that a person or animal has to behave or react in a particular way. 本能

I didn't have as strong a maternal instinct as some other mothers. 我不像其他一些母親那樣有那麼強(qiáng)烈的母性本能。

2. N-COUNT If you have an instinct for something, you are naturally good at it or able to do it. 天分

He seems to have an instinct for smart advertising and marketing. 他好像在廣告和營銷方麪有天分。

3. N-VAR If it is your instinct to do something, you feel that it is right to do it. 本能的反應(yīng)

I should've gone with my first instinct, which was not to do the interview. 我應(yīng)該憑我的本能反應(yīng)行事，那就是，不去麪試。

4. N-VAR Instinct is a feeling, rather than an opinion or idea based on facts, that something is the case. 直覺

There is scientific evidence to support our instinct that being surrounded by plants is good for health. 有科學(xué)証據(jù)表明我們的直覺是正確的，即被植物環(huán)繞著有益健康。