knee-jerk
英 [ˈniː dʒɜːk]
美 [ˈniː dʒɜːrk]
adj. 本能地做出的; 未经思考做出的
牛津词典
adj.
- 本能地做出的；未经思考做出的
produced automatically, without any serious thought- It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
这是她未加思索做出的反应。
- It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 未经思考作出的；依靠本能作出的
If you call someone's response to a question or situation aknee-jerkreaction, you mean that they react in a very predictable way, without thinking.- The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals.
对此类状况的第一反应会是要求所有医院都采取适当的安全措施。
- The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals.
双语例句
- The trick is to manage your knee-jerk reactions when you receive unflattering reviews.
其中的诀窍在于听到不顺耳的评论时要能控制住自己的本能反应。 - Amnesty called it a a knee-jerk reaction which does not get at the heart of the problem.
国际特赦说，这种本能反应，并未触及问题的实质。 - Large-cap stocks led the rally Wednesday as a knee-jerk reaction to the rise of their H-share counterparts.
周三，作为对于H股同类股票上升的正常反应，大盘股主导了这次止跌。 - Putative Chinese investments abroad sometimes face a reaction of knee-jerk nationalism.
中国在海外的投资计划，有时会面对一种下意识的民族主义反应。 - Their remarks could trigger knee-jerk declines in the euro and the yen.
他们的评论将会引发欧元和日元的膝跳反应。 - You will have to overcome many unhealthy cravings and knee-jerk reactions.
你必须克服许多不健康的渴望和莽撞的态度。 - Irrational fear is the source of prejudices, phobias and knee-jerk reactions.
非理性的恐惧是偏见和恐惧症的根源，膝跳反射也是因此而发生。下面这些都是非理性的恐惧。 - Although the knee-jerk reaction to a demand for better quality is to expand the testing team, that is probably not the best approach.
尽管要求更好质量的下意识反应就是扩大测试团队，但是这可能不是最好的方法。 - "The knee-jerk reaction is to think that all stress is bad, but this may not be so in pregnancy," she says.
她表示，直觉反应认为所有压力都是不好的，但是在怀孕时可能并非如此； - So many big companies have sourcing infrastructures whose knee-jerk reaction is to head to China, he said.
很多大公司的外包系统有一个下意识反应，就是去中国，他说。