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You do something instinctively when you do it from instinct, without stopping to think. You instinctively check your pocket for your keys. You instinctively reach out when a glass starts to fall. People instinctively smile at a baby. The meaning is the same as , but this word tells you about the doing, not about the kind of thing. It is a normal, useful adverb — not a fancy one.
本能地
組成instinctive + -ly (in that way)
同家族的字
- instinctivethe adjective this adverb is built from
- instinctthe noun at the root
- instinctuala close adjective, more at home in science writing
原始詞典資料1 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。
instinctivelyadv/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/
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Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
- Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.
- She loved him so passionately, and he was so godlike in her eyes; and being, though untrained, instinctively refined, her nature cried for his tutelary guidance.
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。