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If a move or a feeling is instinctive, it comes from instinct: your body or a deep pull does it, and thinking is not in charge. An instinctive reaction happens before you decide. People praise instinctive sports players, meaning they do the right thing without stopping to plan. Though actually, some of those “instinctive” skills were for years until they felt automatic — so in sport and art the word stretches a little. In careful talk, instinctive still means “not thought out in the moment.” It describes the kind of act or feeling. For the doing itself, English wants instinctively.
本能的;出於本能的
組成instinct + -ive (having that quality)
同家族的字
- instinctthe noun this adjective is built from
- instinctivelythe adverb: you do it from instinct
- instinctualalmost the same meaning; more academic in feel
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
instinctiveadj/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/
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Related to or prompted by instinct.
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Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
- When approached by a stranger, Jared clenched his fists in an instinctive manner.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。