(of feelings,etc)not rational;instinctive

(指情感等)非理性的,出于本能的

One thing the French do well--probably because it’s instinctive and they don’t need to think about it--is live

[参考译文]法国人特别擅长于一件事--可能是出于天性吧，他们无需刻意思考--就是如何生活。

Aesthetic Analysis of “Divided” and “Undivided”-On Instinctive Aesthetic Differences between the Poems of Shaoyou and Meicheng

“隔”与“不隔”的审美分析-兼论少游美成词直觉审美的差异

This stubborn, instinctive---We think ourselves as good as you, if you are Lady Chatterley!---puzzled and baffled Connie at first extremely.

“管你是什么查太莱男爵夫人，我们并不输你!”村人的这种固执的本能的态度，起初是很使康妮十分不安而沮丧的。

…he was vexed at his want of instinctive certitude as to how far her eccentricities were generic, national, and how far they were personal

……他竟然不能凭着自己的直觉判断出她的这些乖僻行为，其中有几分是出于人的共性或是民族的特点，又有几分应该归咎于她自己不知检点，这使他怏怏不乐。

When it had come to the sale of his office effects McTeague had rebelled with the instinctive obstinacy of a boy

挨到拍卖他诊所里的东西时，麦克梯格发起孩子那种天生的倔脾气来了。

instinctive behaviour

本能行为：

Testers’ Instinctive Feel for the Language of Putonghua to Its Evaluation of PSC

测试员的普通话语感对PSC评分影响刍议

Out of the instinctive choice of comfort, we like this kind of bed.

出于对舒适的本能选择，我们喜欢这种床。

From “Instinctive ” to “Artistic”-A Tentative Approach to the Language Used in Xiao Hong’s Novel

从“本色”到“艺术化”-萧红小说的语言探索

Henceforth, I will repeat these words again and again and again, each hour, each day, every day, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing and the actions that follow become as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids.

从今往后，我要一遍又一遍，每时每刻重复这句话，直到成为习惯，好比呼吸一般，成为本能，好比眨眼一样。

But, whether influenced by the jealousy that seems instinctive with every petted child towards a dangerous rival, or from whatever caprice of her freakish nature, Pearl would show no favour to the clergyman.

但是,不知是出于一切受宠的小孩子那种似乎是本能的对危险的对手的妒嫉,还是她那种异想天开的天性又发作了出来,珠儿不肯对牧师表示丝毫好感。

“Emperor” brand sofa, the instinctive choice of comfort

帝皇牌沙发，舒适的本能选择。

Animals have an instinctive dread of fire.

动物天生怕火.

An instinctive mistrust of bureaucrats.

对官僚出于直觉的不信任

An instinctive dislike of sb

对某人出自直觉的讨厌

An instinctive fear of snakes

对蛇本能的恐惧

The instinctive choice of comfort

对舒适的本能选择

Offering to help the accident victims seems as instinctive as breathing.

对意外受难者的帮助就象呼吸一样出于本能

Most reflexes consist of complex patterns of many unconsciously coordinated muscular actions that form the basis of much instinctive behavior in animals. Examples include walking, standing, the cat’s righting reflex, and basic sexual acts.

多数反射都由许多相关肌肉的运动组成的复杂的模式构成，并形成许多动物的条件反射。例如:行走、站立、猫的扶正反射以及基本的性动作等。

Reflections on the Training in the Instinctive Feel for Chinese Language

关于汉语语感教学的思考

“My instinctive calm must have calmed his feelings,” Heise said

海泽说:“一定是我那种天生的沉着镇定让他冷静下来的。

Climbing is instinctive in monkeys.

猴子攀爬出于本能。

Perhaps, too, the natural and instinctive love of life made me wish to avoid endangering my own

或许，也是那种贪生怕死的本能使我想避免冒险吧。

An instinctive marketer, Hefner realised he had tapped into to a goldmine of young bachelors seeking a racy lifestyle that he for a while would come to epitomize

极具商业天分的赫夫纳意识到，他打开了年轻单身汉的一座金矿，因为他们追求一种激情洋溢的生活方式，而他日后就要成为这种生活方式的象征。

Nor is head-hunting, Body-snatching, or killing for food instinctive or natural

既不是为捕猎头，或为获得身体，也不是本能地或自然地为了食物而杀害

Truth in what Hester says, and in the feeling which inspires her! God gave her the child, and gave her, too, an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements

她的话确有道理,鼓舞她的感情也没有错!上帝赐给了她这个孩子,也就赋予了她了解孩子天性和需求的本能

She had an instinctive taste for music.

她性喜音乐。

but they felt the sacredness of his grief, and kindly refrained from questioning him as to its cause, while, with instinctive delicacy, they left him to indulge his sorrow alone

就克制住自己，不去问他。他们让他独自发泄他的悲哀。

Possibly, it was an instinctive device of her spirit, to relieve itself, by the exhibition of these phantasmagoric forms, from the cruel weight and hardness of the reality.

可能,这是她心理上的一种本能反应:通过展现这些备色各样、变幻莫测的画面,把自己的精神从眼前这残酷现实的无情重压下解脱出来。

instinctive action

n.行动

instinctive behavior

n.本能行为

instinctive migratory journey

n.本能的长途回游

instinctive behaviour disturbance

n.本能行为障碍

seek instinctive moral senses and quench evil thoughts

求良知，绝邪心