【同义词辨析】 天生innate-hereditary

innate: applies to qualities or characteristics that are part of one's inner essential nature: a person with an ~ sense of his own superiority.


inborn: suggests a quality or tendency either actually present at birth or so marked and deep-seated as to seem so: her ~ love for rugged, outdoorsy life.


inbred: suggests something acquired from parents, either by heredity or nurture, or deep-rooted and ingrained: a person with ~ extremist political views.           (ingrain多负面)   nurture养育,如nurture the children养育孩子


congenital: applies to things acquired before or at birth during fetal development: a ~ heart murmur.   心脏杂音


hereditary: applies to things acquired before or at birth and transmitted from one's ancestors: eye color is ~.   (注意先天congenital遗传hereditary的区别)


innate天生的天性的: 表示内在的本质的属性,inborn天生的: 表示天生的或像天生一样地深刻持久(marked,deep-seated中性)的,inbred天生的: 来自父母遗传影响根深蒂固,congenital先天: 胚胎发育时形成的特征,hereditary遗传: 指继承自组先的特征


记忆方法: 1) 首字母IIICH想成III Cai Hua三项才华是天生<==天生


         2) 天生的意思是非后天获得mean not acquired after birth.首字母IIICH想成III Cai Hua三项才华是天生<==天生