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本能的
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

本能的 [běn néng de]
  1. 1. [Medicine] instinctive

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大多数动物都有保护幼仔的本能。
Most animals have an instinct to protect their young.
生物都有求生存的本能。
All living beings are endowed with an instinct for survival.
动物都有求生的本能。
All animals have an instinct to seek survival.
人的求生本能会在身处危情时爆发。
Man's instinct for life will burst out in dangerous situations.
求生的本能
No physical courage and no brute instinct can take the place of the Divine help which alone can sustain him.
身体的勇气、肉体的本能,都不能取代神的帮助,只有神能够支撑他们。
Then his sense of adventure and mischief prompted him to take the challenge.
于是他的冒险和调皮的本能使他能够接受挑战。
He has certain primitive instincts within him which are much more powerful than his mind and his will.
他有一定的原始本能,这甚至比他的思想和意志都更有力量。
The gardener's instinct is to dead-head the flower before it has gone to seed.
园丁的本能就是在花朵结籽前摘去枯死的花苞。
Suckling is an instinct in mammals.
吸吮是哺乳动物的本能。

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