instinct
US: /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
instinct /in'stiɳkt/- danh từ
- bản năng
- by (from) instinct: theo bản năng
- thiên hướng, năng khiếu
- tài khéo léo tự nhiên
- bản năng
- tính từ
- đầy
- instinct with life: đầy sức sống
- đầy
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, C]1 ~ (for sth / for doing sth)
~ (to do sth) a natural tendency for people and animals to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training: maternal instincts + Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong. + His first instinct was to run away. + Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear. + Even at school, he showed he had an instinct for (= was naturally good at) business.
2 ~ (that ...) a feeling that makes you do sth or believe that sth is true, even though it is not based on facts or reason
Synonym: INTUITION
Her instincts had been right.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
intuition, feel, feeling, empathy, sensitivity, tendency, propensity, leaning, bent, skill, talent, faculty, sixth sense, knack, predisposition, capacity, aptitude; subconscious:
She has an uncanny instinct for finding the most interesting person in a crowd.
Collocation
ADJ.
deep, powerful, strong | gut | first, initial
His first instinct was to run away from danger.
| good, unerring
Against her better instincts, she ran back into the burning house to save some of her jewellery. He had an unerring instinct for when people were lying to him.
| base | basic | natural | primitive | creative | aggressive, competitive | maternal, mothering, protective | fighting, hunting, killer, predatory
(often figurative) He plays well but lacks that killer instinct that wins matches.
| survival | herd
What makes all these people come to the club? In my view it's the herd instinct.
| sexual | business, commercial, political | animal, human
VERB + INSTINCT
have | lack | develop
In negotiating you have to develop an instinct for when to be tough and when to make a deal.
| follow, go on, obey, rely on, trust
Why don't you just follow your natural instincts?
| ignore, suppress | satisfy | appeal to
They accused the campaign of appealing to the electorate's baser instincts.
| share
Both superpowers shared the same instinct for self-preservation.
INSTINCT + VERB
tell sb sth
Her instinct told her that she was being followed.
| guide sb
Artists have to learn to be guided by their instincts.
| take over
Her instincts took over and she dived on the escaping thief.
| be right/wrong
I've trusted my instincts in the past and they've usually been right.
PREP.
by ~
Babies know by instinct who their mother is.
| on ~
I acted purely on instinct.
| ~ for
He's got an instinct for survival in a tough job.
Concise dictionary
instincts'ɪnstɪŋktnoun
+inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
adj.
+(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
