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
- 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。 - Is Mr monks merely offering a wholly predictable, knee-jerk, lefty rant? I do not think so.
蒙克斯仅是作了一次完全可预知的、机械的、左翼分子的激昂演说吗？我并不这么认为。 - The net result will probably be less volatility after an initial knee-jerk reaction and some relief in markets that China has actually gone ahead with the move after so much speculation, he wrote in a report.
他在报告中写道：在最初的浮躁反应之后，最后结果可能是相对较低的波动性。在超多投机行为后，已在事实上接受了该举措的中国市场会有所缓和。 - The micro-expression only tells you their knee-jerk emotional state.
微观表现只告诉你他们下意识的情绪状态。 - 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。 - My mother's knee-jerk reaction, Shouldn't I be over this by now?
我母亲的自然反应我不是应该看开了吗？ - It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
这是她未加思索作出的反应。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。