instinct
/ˈɪnstɪŋ(k)t/
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- Short i vowel
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in - stinct -> instinct
(n) ဗီဇ။ ပင်ကိုစရိုက်။
instinct /'ÇnstÇŋkt/ n ~ (for sth/ doing sth); ~ (to do sth) [U,C]
၁။ ဗီဇ။ ပင်ကိုစရိုက်။ a gambler by instinct ❍ Their instinct is to run from danger.
၂။ ~ (for sth) ပင်ကို အသိစိတ်။ ဓာတ်ခံ။ အလိုအလျောက် တုံ့ပြန်မှု။ have an instinct for survival ❍ arouse sb's maternal instincts ❍ I acted on instinct and threw a blanket over the flames. ❍ Her instincts had been right. ❍ His first instinct was to refuse.
❏ instinctive /Çn'stÇŋktÇv/ (also instinctual /Çn'stÇŋktuǝl/) adj အလိုအလျောက်။ အလိုလိုဖြစ်သော။ an instinctive dislike of sb ❍ an instinctive reaction.
❏ instinctively adv အလိုအလျောက်။ အလိုလို။ I instinctively raised my arm to protect my face.
- The instinct of ducklings to follow their mother
- [instinct for] : The instinct for survival
- My first instinct was to turn and run.
- Potential investors want to know that you’ve got strong entrepreneurial instincts.
- [trust/follow your instincts] : It’s always best to trust your instincts.
- [instinct tells/warns you] : Instinct told me that it would be unwise to return home.
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