intuition
n
(often approv 常作褒義)
1 [U] (power of) understanding things (eg a situation, sb's feelings) immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning or study 直覺(jué); 直覺(jué)力
know sth by intuition 憑直覺(jué)了解某事物
Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition. 沒(méi)有人告訴我到哪兒去找你. 我純粹是憑直覺(jué)找到你的.
Intuition told me you were here. 我憑直覺(jué)知道你在這兒.
2 [C] ~ (about sth/that...) piece of knowledge gained by this power 憑直覺(jué)感知的信息
I had a sudden intuition about the missing jewels. 我憑直覺(jué)突然對(duì)失去的珠寶有所感知.
I had an intuition that we would find them there. 我有一種直覺(jué), 我們可以在那里找到他們.
My intuitions proved correct. 我的直覺(jué)確實(shí)是正確的.