instinct

Used for a purpose, the imitative instinct may, like any other instinct, become a factor in the development of effective action.

模仿的本能，如果为了一个目的加以运用，也许能和任何其他本能一样，成为发展有效的行动的一个因素。

The original "Basic Instinct" was no great film and is still something of a "smut classic" but it was entertaining.

早年的《本能》，算不上是什么伟大的影片，但依然不失为一部“情色经典”（smutclassic），而且有娱乐性。

Had a dying instinct told him his motherless offspring would be safe here, as he had been, with those who loved him?

是否临终前的本能告诉他没有母亲的孩子在这里会很安全，就像他当初一样，有那些爱他的人们呢？

It was instinct that helped F. D. R. find his way through a political labyrinth that was navigable by neither intellect nor principle alone.

是直觉让罗斯福在这个仅靠智慧或原则都不能通过的政治迷宫中找到了方向。

Heretofore we had been digging in the dark, with nothing but instinct to guide us.

到目前为止我们一直在黑暗中发掘，单凭直觉引导我们。

A child's first instinct when something frightens him is to reach out for his mother's or father's hand.

当感到害怕时，小孩子的第一个反应便是伸手紧握父母的手；

I think filling the gaping holes in our knowledge with made-up (and often wrong) information is some sort of a natural survival instinct.

我认为用我们自己制造的（经常是错误的）的一些信息来弥补我们知识当中的漏洞是一种自然的求生本能。

Some people seem to have an instinct for knowing where a good bargain is to be found.

有些人似乎生来就知道哪儿有好买卖可做。

The incentive to "go along" to "get along" is always present, in competition with a journalist's instinct to speak truth to power.

通过“合作”来“搞好关系”的动机始终存在，与记者不畏权势仗义执言的本能进行着斗争。

Such an inheritance could be called instinct, using the word in its original sense. But it is not quite so simple.

如果用最原始的词语来描述，这种遗传被称为本能，但实际并不是那麽简单的。

Still, he did not pass in front of it any more, in obedience to the instinct of timidity and to the instinct of prudence common to lovers.

但是他仍同时服从情人们那种怯弱和谨慎的本能，不再往前移动。

Not knowing who it was, I kicked him in the face just out of instinct.

我也不知道是什么人，本能的用脚踹了他的脸。

The ideals of philanthropy and giving back in many forms to those in need are the spirit of the human instinct to help others.

怀抱慈善事业的理想和以多种形式帮助有需要的人是人类相互帮助的人性本能。

When a rational woman wakes up to find a man practically on top of her, their first instinct would be to reach for the mace.

一名理性的妇女如果醒来时发现有个男人几乎骑在她身上时，她的第一本能反应应该是伸手去找防身的狼牙棒。

At this time the young man was really scared, his instinct of living made him use all his strength lifting Socrates and climbed to the bank.

这下子，年轻人真的慌了，求生的本能令他拼尽全力将苏格拉底掀开，爬到岸上。

He said that sleep was not a passive response to lack of stimulation but an active process, rather like an instinct.

他说睡眠并非由于缺乏刺激而做出的消极反应而更像是一种本能的积极反应。

If you think something isn't right for your child, act on your instinct.

如果你觉得孩子一些事或行为不妥，甚至有问题，那么你就该凭直觉行动。

Your dog will want to do as you say - and he'll hear every word you utter but his instinct will not allow him to obey you.

狗儿其实愿意服从命令，他也听得到你说的每一个字，但他的本能不让他听你的。

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

离开办公室之前我总统任期完成每本能是相悖的在我的身体里。

And I, is also a passenger, but I to be utterly ignorant of instinct drive, think of her car should be safe, so I have to blame the emu.

而我，同样是乘客，但我对驾驶一窍不通，本能想到的是自己乘车应该是安全的，所以才有对车组的责怪。