If something has intrinsic value or intrinsic interest, it is valuable or interesting because of its basic nature or character, and not because of its connection with other things.
例句
The paintings have no intrinsic value except as curiosities...这些油画除了作为古董,本身没有什么内在价值。The rate is determined by intrinsic qualities such as the land's slope.速度由诸如地面坡度这样的内在因素决定。
英汉词典释义
adv.
从本质上(讲)
I did not expect the job to be intrinsically rewarding.我并没有期望这份工作本身会有什么好处。The Romantics believed that the life of the imagination was intrinsically valuable.浪漫主义作家认为想像的生命力本身就很重要。