If a quality or ability is inborn, you did not learn it and nobody trained it into you — you already had it when you came into the world. People say this about talent, temperament, and instincts: an inborn gift for music, an inborn sense of fairness, an inborn fear of falling. It is a little more formal than saying someone was born with something, but it means the same thing.

If a quality or ability is inborn如果一種特質或能力是天生的， you did not learn it你並沒有學過它 and nobody trained it into you也沒有人訓練你擁有它 — you already had it已經有了 when you came into the world從你出生的時候就有。 People大家 say this about會這樣說 talent, temperament, and instincts天分、性情和直覺： an inborn gift for music天生的音樂天分、 an inborn sense of fairness天生的公平感、 an inborn fear of falling天生怕摔的恐懼。 It它 is a little more formal than稍微比 saying someone was born with something說某人「生來就有」某樣東西正式一點， but it means the same thing不過意思是一樣的。

Though actually, scientists argue a lot about how much is truly there at birth and how much grows with the child's world; in everyday talk, inborn is still the word we reach for when we want to say this was not taught. Innate is a more academic neighbour. Congenital is the doctor's word, and it is mostly for conditions present at birth, not for talent.

Though actually,不過其實， scientists科學家 argue a lot about對於 how much is truly there at birth有多少真的是一出生就有的 and how much grows with the child’s world還有多少是隨著孩子的成長環境長出來的 argue a lot爭論得很多； in everyday talk在日常對話裡， inborn這個字 is still the word we reach for還是我們會用的字 when we want to say this was not taught當我們想說「這不是教出來的」時候。 Innate innate這個字 is a more academic neighbour是個比較學術的近義詞。 Congenital congenital這個字 is the doctor’s word是醫生用的詞， and it is mostly for conditions present at birth主要是指出生時就有的病症， not for talent而不是指天分。

Inborn almost always sits in front of a noun: inborn ability, inborn talent.

Inborn這個字 almost always sits in front of a noun幾乎都放在名詞前面： inborn ability「天生的能力」、 inborn talent「天生的天分」。