instinct

英 ['ɪnstɪŋ(k)t] 美 ['ɪnstɪŋkt]

1. in- "in" + stinct-.
2. 表示由内在刺激、也就是自身刺激而产生的感觉、反应，而不是由外在刺激而产生的。
3. 而内在的东西往往是本性的、真实的、天生的、与生俱来的。

instinct 本能，天性

in-,进入，使，-stinct,刺，词源同stick,distinct.其原义为刺激，推动，后引申词义天生的能力，本能，天性。

instinct: instinct: [15] The etymological notion underlying instinct (and also the closely related instigate) is of ‘goading onwards with a pointed stick’. Its ultimate source is Latin instinguere ‘urge onwards, incite’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘on’ and stinguere ‘prick, goad’. Source also of English distinct and extinct, this goes back to the same root, *stig-, as produced English stick and Latin stīgāre ‘prick, goad’, the ancestor of English instigate [16].

The noun derived from it, instinctus, originally meant ‘incitement, instigation’, but it eventually moved on to ‘impulse’, the sense it had when English acquired it. The more specialized ‘innate impulse’ developed in the mid 16th century.
=> distinct, extinct, instigate, stick
instinct (n.): early 15c., "a prompting," from Latin instinctus "instigation, impulse," noun use of past participle of instinguere "to incite, impel," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + stinguere "prick, goad," from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). Meaning "animal faculty of intuitive perception" is from mid-15c., from notion of "natural prompting." Sense of "innate tendency" is first recorded 1560s.

1. His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists.: 他本能的反应会是寻求与民族主义者取得新的和解。

2. She hadn't followed her instinct and because of this Frank was dead.: 她没有听从自己心里的话，弗兰克因此死了。

3. Farmers are increasingly losing touch with their instinct for managing the land.: 农民正在逐渐丢失经营土地的本领。

5. "Basic Instinct" catapulted her to top status among Hollywood's glamour goddesses.: 《本能》使她跃至一线，成功跻身好莱坞耀眼的女明星之列。