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
- We don't want to make knee-jerk changes, we want to be thoughtful about it, he says.
我们不想进行条件反射式的改动,在这个问题上,我们希望做到深思熟虑,他表示。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Is it a knee-jerk reaction?
开出这种条件是一种下意识反应吗? - And I admit that some of it was simply a knee-jerk reaction that parents too often have: It's easier to say no than yes.
我也承认,我的这种反应几乎是下意识的,很多父母经常这么做,因为拒绝往往比同意更简单。 - 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。 - 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。 - In some cases this knee-jerk nastiness will help drive companies to bankruptcy, destroy jobs and damage the economy and society-while the banks will not even get much of their money back.
在某些情况下,这种动辄翻脸不认人的表现会推动公司破产、员工失业、损害经济和社会而银行也收不回很多资金。