visceral

• adj. 内脏的；出于本能的；发自肺腑的；粗俗的

来自viscera,脏腑，引申词义发自内心的。

visceral (adj.)

1570s, "affecting inward feelings," from Middle French viscéral and directly from Medieval Latin visceralis "internal," from Latin viscera, plural of viscus "internal organ, inner parts of the body," of unknown origin. The bowels were regarded as the seat of emotion. The figurative sense vanished after 1640 and the literal sense is first recorded in 1794. The figurative sense was revived 1940s in arts criticism.

1. She had a visceral dislike of all things foreign.

凡是外国的东西，她都打心眼儿里讨厌。

来自《权威词典》

2. I never overcame a visceral antipathy for the monarchy.

我从未能够消除内心对君主政体的反感。

来自辞典例句

3. Visceral processing helps us make rapid decisions about what is good, bad, safe, or dangerous.

内心处理可以让我们对什么好 、 什么不好 、 是否安全, 以及是否危险等做出快速决定.

来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4. Reflective processing can enhance or inhibit behavioral processing but has no direct access to visceral reactions.

反思处理过程可以增强或者约束行为处理过程,不过它和本能反应没有直接联系.

来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

5. Accompanying the biochemical, metabolic, and visceral changes are a series of endocrine alterations.

在生化 、 代谢以及内脏发生变化的同时,还有一系列的内分泌变化.

来自辞典例句