形容詞 innate:

1. not established by conditioning or learning
   同義詞：unconditioned, unlearned
2. being talented through inherited qualities
   同義詞：natural, born
3. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
   同義詞：congenital, inborn

1. An innate knowledge of right and wrong.
   一種內(nèi)在的對正確和錯誤的判斷
2. The belief that society has an innate tendency toward improvement and that this tendency may be furthered through conscious human effort.
   社會向善論認(rèn)為社會具有變得更好的內(nèi)在傾向和人類有力量促使其改善的信仰或?qū)W說
3. "Correct ideas are not innate in the mind, but come from social practice."
   ＂正確的思想不是頭腦中固有的，而是來源于社會實踐。＂
4. Ability is not innate, but comes through practice.
   本事不是天生的，是鍛煉出來的。

in.nate

adj.（形容詞）
Possessed at birth; inborn.
生來的；天生的
Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent.
特有的，固有的：擁有的本質(zhì)上的特征；固有的
Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience:
內(nèi)在的，直覺的：屬于或產(chǎn)生自大腦而并非來自經(jīng)驗的：
例句：
an innate knowledge of right and wrong.
一種內(nèi)在的對正確和錯誤的判斷

來源：
Middle English innat
中古英語 innat
from Latin inn3tus [past participle of] inn3sco [to be born in]
源自 拉丁語 inn3tus [] inn3sco的過去分詞 [生于]
in- [in] * see in- 2
in- [在] *參見 in-2
n3sco [to be born] * see gen…-
n3sco [出生] *參見 gen…-

【引伸】
innate.ly
adv.（副詞）
innate.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>innate,inborn,inbred,congenital,hereditaryThese adjectives mean existing in a person or thing from birth or origin.
以上這些形容表示某人或某物從其出生或出現(xiàn)時就具有的。
Innate, inborn, andinbred are often used interchangeably.
Innate, inborn 和inbred 經(jīng)常互換使用。
Inborn, however, is strongest in implying that something has been present since birth:
Inborn 在表示與生俱來的事物方面語氣最強：
例句：
inborn intelligence;
天生的智慧；

例句：
an inborn sense of the appropriate. What isinbred has either existed from birth or been ingrained through earliest training or associations:
天生的對恰當(dāng)?shù)母杏X。 另一個詞inbred 既有與生俱來的意思同時又包含了從早期的訓(xùn)練或交往中積累而成的：

例句：
an inbred love of music;
天生的對音樂的熱愛；

例句：
inbred superiority. Something that isinnate seems essential to the nature, character, or constitution:
天生的優(yōu)勢。 innate 含有對性格、特性和體質(zhì)的形成非常重要的意思：

例句：
innate honesty;
天生的誠實；

例句：
innate common sense.
天生的常識。

Congenital is applied principally to characteristics,especially defects, acquired during fetal development:
Congenital 一詞主要用來修飾特征，尤指在胎兒成長過程中形成的缺陷：
例句：
a congenital disease.
先天的疾病。

Hereditary refers to what is transmitted by biological heredity (
Hereditary 指通過生物遺傳方式留傳給后代(
例句：
a hereditary heart anomaly) or by tradition:
遺傳性的心臟異常) 或因傳統(tǒng)而流傳下來：

例句：
.that ignorance and superstitiousness hereditary to all sailors. (Herman Melville).
.無知和迷信對海員來說是傳統(tǒng)遺留的. （赫爾曼·麥爾維爾）