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

    e.g. I didn't have as strong a maternal instinct as some other mothers...
           我不像別的母親那樣有那么強烈的母性本能。
    e.g. The basis for training relies on the dog's natural instinct to hunt and retrieve...
           訓練是基于狗搜尋和銜回的天生本能。

2. 天分;天資;天賦的才能
    If you have an instinct for something, you are naturally good at it or able to do it.

    e.g. Farmers are increasingly losing touch with their instinct for managing the land...
           農(nóng)民正在逐漸丟失經(jīng)營土地的本領(lǐng)。
    e.g. Irene is so incredibly musical and has a natural instinct to perform.
           艾琳有著極高的音樂天分和天生的表演才能。

3. 本能反應(yīng);心里的話
    If it is your instinct to do something, you feel that it is right to do it.

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    e.g. I should've gone with my first instinct, which was not to do the interview...
           我本該聽從自己的第一反應(yīng),不接受這次采訪的。
    e.g. She hadn't followed her instinct and because of this Frank was dead.
           她沒有聽從自己心里的話,弗蘭克因此死了。

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

    e.g. There is scientific evidence to support our instinct that being surrounded by plants is good for health...
           我們覺得周圍植物環(huán)繞會有益健康,這種直覺有科學證據(jù)支持。
    e.g. He seems so honest and genuine and my every instinct says he's not.
           他看起來這么老實誠懇,但我的全部直覺告訴我他一點都不。