in·tu·it
verb/ɪnˈtjuːɪt/
/ɪnˈtuːɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intuit | /ɪnˈtjuːɪt/ /ɪnˈtuːɪt/ |
| he / she / it intuits | /ɪnˈtjuːɪts/ /ɪnˈtuːɪts/ |
| past simple intuited | /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈtuːɪtɪd/ |
| past participle intuited | /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈtuːɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form intuiting | /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtuːɪtɪŋ/ |
- intuit that… | intuit something | intuit what, why, etc… to know that something is true based on your feelings rather than on facts, what somebody tells you, etc.
凭直觉知道 - She intuited that something was badly wrong.
她凭直觉感到出了大问题。
Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘instruct, teach’): from Latin intuit- ‘contemplated’, from the verb intueri, from in- ‘upon’ + tueri ‘to look’. - She intuited that something was badly wrong.