English Dictionary

killer instinct

名詞

不可算名詞 慣用表現

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see killer, instinct. / (idiomatic) The natural inclination to do whatever is necessary to succeed (including extreme violence)

日本語の意味

成功を収めるために、必要な手段（場合によっては極端な暴力を含む）を講じる傾向・本能 / 必要とあらば手段を選ばず、成功のためにあらゆる行動を起こす性質

In the interrogation, his cold, detached killer instinct became evident when he described the murders without remorse.

尋問で、彼の冷淡で無情な殺人者としての本能が明らかになり、彼は後悔もなく殺人について語った。

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see killer, instinct.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) The natural inclination to do whatever is necessary to succeed (including extreme violence)

Not for the first time this season, that lack of killer instinct - combined with an approach more responsive than probing - proved costly for Martinez's men.