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inborn

/in-bawrn/US // ˈɪnˈbɔrn //UK // (ˈɪnˈbɔːn) //

天生的,先天性,先天性的,先天的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : naturally present at birth; innate.

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Examples

  • For example, a newborn mouse has an inborn fear of foxes, even if it is the descendant of many generations of lab mice with no exposure to foxes at all.

  • In fact, all tests are achievement tests—they reveal not inborn ability but the skills a person has acquired up to that point.

  • All tests are achievement tests—they reveal not inborn ability but the skills a person has acquired up to that point.

  • These were proofs, had any been needed, of her inborn delight in life and her own loveliness.

  • It is the proving that bends the back, tries the patience, strains to the utmost the man's inborn Instinct of the Metal.

  • Freedom of will would then have to be acknowledged even in inanimate things; for even fire acts according to its inborn nature.

  • Those dancing clear blue eyes betrayed the inborn love of a high-spirited nature.

  • You may say that a girl of such a family cannot help being cultivated: culture is inborn.