innate
adjective /ɪˈneɪt/
/ɪˈneɪt/
- (of a quality, feeling, etc.
) that you have when you are born品质、感情等 synonym inborn天生的;先天的;与生俱来的 - the innate ability to learn
天生的学习能力 - He never lost his innate sense of fun.
他从未失去与生俱来的幽默感。 - Is a tendency towards violence an innate characteristic?
暴力倾向是天生的特征吗? - Many children seem to have an innate sense of justice.
许多儿童似乎天生便具有正义感。
Collocations DictionaryInnate is used with these nouns:- ability
- capacity
- conservatism
- …
词源late Middle English: from Latin innatus, past participle of innasci, from in- ‘into’ + nasci ‘be born’. - the innate ability to learn