Instinct

Definition

instinct /'ÇnstÇŋkt/ n ~ (for sth/ doing sth); ~ (to do sth) [U,C] ၁။ ဗီဇ။ ပင္ကိုစ႐ိုက္။ a gambler by instinct ❍ Their instinct is to run from danger. ၂။ ~ (for sth) ပင္ကို အသိစိတ္။ ဓာတ္ခံ။ အလိုအေလ်ာက္ တံု႔ျပန္မႈ။ 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 အလိုအေလ်ာက္။ အလိုလိုျဖစ္ေသာ။ an instinctive dislike of sb ❍ an instinctive reaction. ❏ instinctively adv အလိုအေလ်ာက္။ အလိုလို။ I instinctively raised my arm to protect my face.

Examples

1. The instinct of ducklings to follow their mother
2. [instinct for] : The instinct for survival
3. My first instinct was to turn and run.
4. Potential investors want to know that you’ve got strong entrepreneurial instincts.
5. [trust/follow your instincts] : It’s always best to trust your instincts.
6. [instinct tells/warns you] : Instinct told me that it would be unwise to return home.