| 单词 | intrinsic |
| 释义 | intrinsic (once / 1379 pages) adj The intrinsic qualities of something have to do with its nature. An intrinsic quality of dogs is that they're loyal. Anything intrinsic comes from within. Doing a job for only money is not intrinsic. Doing a job because you love it is intrinsic; the motivation comes from within. It's good to treat people as having intrinsic value. If you like someone for intrinsic reasons, then you have no other motivation. The opposite of intrinsic is extrinsic, for things that come from the outside instead of from the inside. WORD FAMILYintrinsic: intrinsical, intrinsically USAGE EXAMPLESIt said the proposed building did not "recognise the countryside's intrinsic character and beauty". BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Intellectually, we need to frame the challenges faced by government using language that reveals their intrinsic value to scholarship and academic progress. Nature(Dec 19, 2016) Patterson says in a statement released through Hachette Books that the enthusiasm and knowledge of bookstore workers is “intrinsic” to nurturing enthusiastic readers. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj belonging to a thing by its very nature "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey Syn|Ant intrinsical inalienable, unalienable incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another essentialbasic and fundamental built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integralexisting as an essential constituent or characteristic inner, internal, intimateinnermost or essential extrinsic not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside inessential, unessentialnot basic or fundamental adventitiousassociated by chance and not an integral part adscititiousadded or derived from something outside; not inherent alien, foreignnot contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something external, extraneous, outsidecoming from the outside extraneousnot essential 2adj situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts intrinsic muscles Syn internal happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface |
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