in·ter·nal /ɪnˈtɝnḷ, ˈɪnˌ/
 (a.)內的,內部的;內在的,固有的;內心的;國內的;體內的內臟,內部器官;本質


 in·ter·nal /ɪnˈtɝnḷ/ 形容詞
 內部的,體內的,固有的,在內的


 internal
 內 內部


 In·tern·al a.
 1. Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.
 2. Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
 3. Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
 4. Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
    With our Savior, internal purity is everything.   --Paley.
 5. Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.]
    The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God.   --Rogers.
 6. Anat. Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
 Internal angle Geom., an interior angle. See under Interior.
 Internal gear Mach., a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.
 Syn: -- Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.

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 internal
      adj 1: happening or arising or located within some limits or
             especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal
             mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
             [ant: external]
      2: occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup
         squabbling within the corporation" [syn: intragroup]
      3: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader
         responsibilities than the United States Department of the
         Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a),
          interior(a), national]
      4: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody
         record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein;
         "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the
         truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an
         internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner,
          interior]
      5: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the
         internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate
         structure of matter" [syn: inner, intimate]