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词汇 instinctive
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Definition of instinctive in English:

instinctive

adjective ɪnˈstɪŋ(k)tɪvɪnˈstɪŋ(k)tɪv
  • 1Relating to or prompted by instinct; done without conscious thought.

    (出于)本能的;无意识的,自发的

    an instinctive distaste for conflict

    对冲突本能的厌恶。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is an intuitive and instinctive art that does not need school tutoring.
    • And perhaps is it our instinctive love of blood and gore that makes us shudder about stories of vampire bats?
    • A man with an instinctive knowledge of the land, he was regarded as one of the top farmers in the region down through the years.
    • The art tends to be beautiful and quite raw - it has a childlike, instinctive quality in some ways and is really technical in others.
    • Cats can represent feminine and instinctive feelings, and this is reinforced by the fact that they're your mother's pets.
    • He had an instinctive knowledge of the area and its people and a great ‘feel’ for country life.
    • This could make for clearer conversation and remove the instinctive impulse to shout into a phone when the line is very noisy.
    • Whether we're conscious of it or not, we have an instinctive way of approaching color.
    • Some say only humans are conscious and animals are instinctive and machinelike.
    • He was gifted when it came to matters relating to the soil and livestock and his instinctive knowledge was always put to good use.
    • Where Dan's response to the landscape is creative, instinctive and passionate, Ann's is methodical and cold.
    • In this quite abnormal character, instinctive wisdom appears only to hinder conscious knowledge at certain points.
    • It is an instinctive recognition of what their successors have done to the spirit and style of the game in the intervening years.
    • It's about making things look, sound, and feel so good that their first impression has emotional and instinctive impact.
    • The ideology, which he professes not to possess, is instinctive.
    • He relies on an instinctive sense of who is good and who is bad overseas?
    • It seems remarkable that the arrival of such an instinctive, unpredictable character results in the ship being steadied.
    • The union overcomes this instinctive knowledge by convincing teachers that they in fact have no capacity to teach.
    • The spiritual and the supernatural, even the gruesome arouse an instinctive curiosity in all of us.
    • The question turns upon how much violence is done to our instinctive feelings of justice and fair play.
    1. 1.1 (of a person) doing or being a specified thing apparently naturally or automatically.
      (人)天生或自动做指明的事的
      he was an instinctive cook
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Long-term injury to Garry O'Connor robbed them of one of Scottish football's most instinctive finishers.
      • He is also instinctive and tactical and would be a great fit on a team that needs a quick fix at guard.
      • When you approach this kind of role, do you think about it or are you instinctive?
      • The vast number of instinctive conservatives know there is something wrong with the New Capitalism.
      • I found that she's a very intuitive, instinctive actress, she doesn't talk a lot of stuff about motivations.
      • Bennett gets open because he is instinctive, makes good decisions and runs great routes.
      • Were you naturally instinctive or did your parents force you to take lessons?
      • I think he had not only the training of method acting, but I think he was also instinctive.
      • As an instinctive fence-sitter, I have recently found myself ambivalent on most of them.
      • He was the most wonderful, instinctive actor, with a strange grace that came from his early years as a song-and-dance man.
      • They are instinctive commissars, which made the UN their natural ally.
      • He was an instinctive, thoroughbred talent who never had to worry about tactics or movement since it came naturally to him.
      • He's instinctive, plays both the run and the pass well and has tremendous burst.
      • I suspect that many instinctive Conservatives may well do that.
      Synonyms
      intuitive, natural, innate, inborn, inherent, inbred, instinctual, unconscious, subconscious, subliminal, emotional, intuitional, untaught, unlearned
      automatic, reflex, knee-jerk, mechanical, spontaneous, involuntary, impulsive, unconditioned, unthinking, unpremeditated
      informal gut

Definition of instinctive in US English:

instinctive

adjectiveinˈstiNG(k)tivɪnˈstɪŋ(k)tɪv
  • 1Relating to or prompted by instinct; apparently unconscious or automatic.

    (出于)本能的;无意识的,自发的

    an instinctive distaste for conflict

    对冲突本能的厌恶。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He relies on an instinctive sense of who is good and who is bad overseas?
    • He had an instinctive knowledge of the area and its people and a great ‘feel’ for country life.
    • A man with an instinctive knowledge of the land, he was regarded as one of the top farmers in the region down through the years.
    • Cats can represent feminine and instinctive feelings, and this is reinforced by the fact that they're your mother's pets.
    • It is an intuitive and instinctive art that does not need school tutoring.
    • He was gifted when it came to matters relating to the soil and livestock and his instinctive knowledge was always put to good use.
    • It's about making things look, sound, and feel so good that their first impression has emotional and instinctive impact.
    • The union overcomes this instinctive knowledge by convincing teachers that they in fact have no capacity to teach.
    • This could make for clearer conversation and remove the instinctive impulse to shout into a phone when the line is very noisy.
    • The ideology, which he professes not to possess, is instinctive.
    • Where Dan's response to the landscape is creative, instinctive and passionate, Ann's is methodical and cold.
    • The art tends to be beautiful and quite raw - it has a childlike, instinctive quality in some ways and is really technical in others.
    • In this quite abnormal character, instinctive wisdom appears only to hinder conscious knowledge at certain points.
    • The spiritual and the supernatural, even the gruesome arouse an instinctive curiosity in all of us.
    • Some say only humans are conscious and animals are instinctive and machinelike.
    • It is an instinctive recognition of what their successors have done to the spirit and style of the game in the intervening years.
    • It seems remarkable that the arrival of such an instinctive, unpredictable character results in the ship being steadied.
    • Whether we're conscious of it or not, we have an instinctive way of approaching color.
    • The question turns upon how much violence is done to our instinctive feelings of justice and fair play.
    • And perhaps is it our instinctive love of blood and gore that makes us shudder about stories of vampire bats?
    1. 1.1 (of a person) doing or being a specified thing apparently naturally or automatically.
      (人)天生或自动做指明的事的
      an instinctive writer

      天生的作家。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was an instinctive, thoroughbred talent who never had to worry about tactics or movement since it came naturally to him.
      • They are instinctive commissars, which made the UN their natural ally.
      • He was the most wonderful, instinctive actor, with a strange grace that came from his early years as a song-and-dance man.
      • I found that she's a very intuitive, instinctive actress, she doesn't talk a lot of stuff about motivations.
      • I think he had not only the training of method acting, but I think he was also instinctive.
      • He's instinctive, plays both the run and the pass well and has tremendous burst.
      • I suspect that many instinctive Conservatives may well do that.
      • As an instinctive fence-sitter, I have recently found myself ambivalent on most of them.
      • When you approach this kind of role, do you think about it or are you instinctive?
      • He is also instinctive and tactical and would be a great fit on a team that needs a quick fix at guard.
      • Long-term injury to Garry O'Connor robbed them of one of Scottish football's most instinctive finishers.
      • Were you naturally instinctive or did your parents force you to take lessons?
      • Bennett gets open because he is instinctive, makes good decisions and runs great routes.
      • The vast number of instinctive conservatives know there is something wrong with the New Capitalism.
      Synonyms
      intuitive, natural, innate, inborn, inherent, inbred, instinctual, unconscious, subconscious, subliminal, emotional, intuitional, untaught, unlearned

Usage

Instinctive and instinctual both mean ‘relating to or prompted by instinct; unlearned, natural, automatic.’ Instinctual (like processual and other similar formations) is a variant usually found in learned journals of the social sciences
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