Tailor: to make or adapt something for a particular purpose, a particular person, etc. 专门制作;订做 ~ sth to/for sb/sth
Special programmes of study are tailored to the needs of specific groups. 制订特殊课程,以满足特定群体的需要.
Most travel agents are prepared to tailor travel arrangements to meet individual requirements. 为了满足个别需要,大多数旅行社都愿意做出专门的旅游安排.

Instinct: a natural tendency for people and animals to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training 本能;天性 ~ (for sth/for doing sth) ~ (to do sth)
maternal instincts 母性
Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong. 儿童并非生来就会分辨是非.
His first instinct was to run away. 他的本能反应就是逃跑.
Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear. 马天性易受惊吓.
Even at school, he showed he had an instinct for(= was naturally good at)business. 他早在求学时期就表现出有经商的天赋.

Play: the activity or operation of something; the influence of something on something else 活动;作用;影响
the free play of market forces 市场力量的自由调节作用
The financial crisis has brought new factors into play. 财政危机已引发了新的变数.
Personal feelings should not come into play when you are making business decisions. 为公事作决策不应掺入个人感情成分.

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