instinct

• n. 本能、直感、自然
• adj.

in-、into、make、-stinct、prick、語源はstick、distinctと同じ。本来の意味は刺激する、駆り立てる、後に派生した語源は生来の能力、本能、性質。

instinct

instinct: [15] The etymological notion underlying instinct (and also the closely related instigate) is of ‘goading onwards with a pointed stick’. Its ultimate source is Latin instinguere ‘urge onwards, incite’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘on’ and stinguere ‘prick, goad’. Source also of English distinct and extinct, this goes back to the same root, *stig-, as produced English stick and Latin stīgāre ‘prick, goad’, the ancestor of English instigate [16].

The noun derived from it, instinctus, originally meant ‘incitement, instigation’, but it eventually moved on to ‘impulse’, the sense it had when English acquired it. The more specialized ‘innate impulse’ developed in the mid 16th century.
=> distinct, extinct, instigate, stick

instinct (n.)

early 15c., "a prompting," from Latin instinctus "instigation, impulse," noun use of past participle of instinguere "to incite, impel," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + stinguere "prick, goad," from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). Meaning "animal faculty of intuitive perception" is from mid-15c., from notion of "natural prompting." Sense of "innate tendency" is first recorded 1560s.

1. His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists.

彼の本能的な反応は、ナショナリズム者との新たな和解を求めることになるだろう。

2.She hadn 't followed her instinct and because of this Frank was dead.

彼女は自分の心の中の話に耳を傾けなかったので、フランクは死んだ。

3.Farmers are increasingly losing touch with their instinct for managing the land.

農民は土地を経営する能力を失いつつある。

4.She has an unerring instinct for people 's weak spots.

彼女は他人の弱点を正確に把握することができる。

5."Basic Instinct "catapulted her to top status among Hollywood 's glamour goddeses.＜本能＞は彼女を一線に躍らせ、ハリウッドのまばゆい女性スターの仲間入りを果たした。