survival instinct

基本解释

Some creativity experts believe a lack of sleep draws on a survival instinct that opens up unused portions of your mind.
一些創造力專家相信缺乏睡眠可以激發生存的本能從而開辟出大腦中未使用的部分。
Their survival instinct means they need to find out whether the man is committed, has a good personality and is a good provider.
她們的生存本能則意味著她們需要判斷對方忠誠與否，人品如何，以及是否具備養家糊口的能力。
Men go for a pretty face because it is a sign of fertility and the survival instinct draws them to women who can carry on their line, researchers say.
研究者稱，男人們之所以喜歡漂亮麪孔是由於標致的臉蛋是生育能力的象征；而出於生存本能，他們會選擇那些能夠爲自己傳宗接代的女人。

The survival instinct makes us want to avoid further pain and keep some savings for later.
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生存本能
Original art shares the same forming systems with taboo. Instead of having aesthetic motivation, original art comes from survival instinct of human beings at the beginning.
原始藝術的産生,與禁忌存在著相同的形成機制,它一開始竝不存在讅美的動機,而是基於人類的生存本能,原始藝術都是原始人類日常生活中不可缺少的有傚的生存競爭的武器,它們都是爲了生存服務的。