in·tu·i·tion /ˌɪntʊˈwɪʃən, tjʊ-/
直覺,直覺的知識
in·tu·ition /ˌɪnt(j)ʊˈɪʃən/ 名詞
直觀,直覺
In·tu·i·tion n.
1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.]
What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. --Fuller.
2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from “mediate” knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.
Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call it intuition. --Hawthorne.
3. Any object or truth discerned by intuition.
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intuition
n 1: instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
2: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: hunch, suspicion]