in.nate

innate的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [iˈneit, ˈinˌeit]
KK音标发音： [ɪˈnet, ˈɪnˌet]

innate的词性：
adj.（形容词）

1. Possessed at birth; inborn.
生来的；天生的

2. Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent.
特有的，固有的：拥有的本质上的特征；固有的

3. Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience:
内在的，直觉的：属于或产生自大脑而并非来自经验的：

an innate knowledge of right and wrong.
一种内在的对正确和错误的判断

innate的词源：

4. Middle English innat
中古英语 innat

5. from Latin inn3tus [past participle of] inn3sc^o [to be born in]
源自 拉丁语 inn3tus [] inn3sc^o的过去分词 [生于]

6. in- [in] * see in- ²
in- [在] *参见 in-²

7. n3sc^o [to be born] * see gen…-
n3sc^o [出生] *参见 gen…-

innate的词性：
adv.（副词）

innate的词性：
n.（名词）

innate， inborn， inbred， congenital， hereditary

8. These adjectives mean existing in a person or thing from birth or origin.
以上这些形容表示某人或某物从其出生或出现时就具有的。

9. Innate, inborn, and inbred are often used interchangeably.
Innate, inborn 和inbred 经常互换使用。

10. Inborn, however, is strongest in implying that something has been present since birth:
Inborn 在表示与生俱来的事物方面语气最强：

inborn intelligence;
天生的智慧；

an inborn sense of the appropriate. What is inbred has either existed from birth or been ingrained through earliest training or associations:
天生的对恰当的感觉。 另一个词inbred 既有与生俱来的意思同时又包含了从早期的训练或交往中积累而成的：

an inbred love of music;
天生的对音乐的热爱；

inbred superiority. Something that is innate seems essential to the nature, character, or constitution:
天生的优势。 innate 含有对性格、特性和体质的形成非常重要的意思：

innate honesty;
天生的诚实；

innate common sense.
天生的常识。

11. Congenital is applied principally to characteristics, especially defects, acquired during fetal development:
Congenital 一词主要用来修饰特征，尤指在胎儿成长过程中形成的缺陷：

a congenital disease.
先天的疾病。

12. Hereditary refers to what is transmitted by biological heredity (
Hereditary 指通过生物遗传方式留传给后代(

a hereditary heart anomaly) or by tradition:
遗传性的心脏异常) 或因传统而流传下来：

“that ignorance and superstitiousness hereditary to all sailors” (Herman Melville).
“无知和迷信对海员来说是传统遗留的” （赫尔曼·麦尔维尔）