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外刊用例
- Instead of chasing this chimera, ordinary investors should use technology to correct for their innate flaws.
普通投资者应该运用科技来矫正他们的固有缺陷,而不是水中捉月。
——《经济学人》 - The study adds to a growing body of research suggesting that boys’ underperformance is not because of anything innate to boys.
越来越多的研究表明,男生表现不佳不是因为男生内在的任何原因,此项研究进一步巩固了这一观点。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] an innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you have learned
[形容词] 与生俱来的,而非习得的(品质、能力等)
深入解读
innate源自晚期拉丁语innatus(天生,原生,自然),主要用于形容人或动物拥有的某种与生俱来的特征或能力,比如一种天赋的音乐天才就可以说“an innate talent for music”。在哲学领域,innate还可以表示“(头脑中)固有的”,比如唯心主义哲学所说的固有知识,就可以说“innate knowledge”。
影视用例
出自《绿皮书》(Green Book,香港译《绿簿旅友》,台湾译《幸福绿皮书》),2018年美国喜剧剧情片。该片获得第76届金球奖最佳音乐喜剧影片、最佳男配角和最佳剧本奖,以及第91届奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片、最佳男配角和最佳原创剧本奖。
同近义词
- inborn: used to refer to a mental or physical characteristic that someone has from birth
- congenital: used to say that someone always shows a particular bad quality; a congenital disease or condition exists at or from birth
- inherent: existing as a natural or basic part of something