knee-jerk

英 [ˈniː dʒɜːk]

美 [ˈniː dʒɜːrk]

adj.  本能地做出的; 未经思考做出的

医学

牛津词典

adj.

• 本能地做出的；未经思考做出的
  produced automatically, without any serious thought
  1. It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
     这是她未加思索做出的反应。

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• But, leaving knee-jerk reactions aside, perhaps we give markets too little credit.
  不过，撇开那些条件反射式的反应不谈，或许我们低估了市场的估价能力。
• We need to build opportunities for mutual understanding and co-operation and avoid simplistic and knee-jerk reactions.
  “我们必须为相互理解，共同合作和避免过分单一的条件反射而创造时机”。
• 4: In the past, my friends called me a knee-jerk liberal.
  这人说：过去，我的朋友们叫我盲目的自由派。
• Above all, Baru believes India must jettison the knee-jerk defensiveness that characterises its relations with trading partners and foreign investors, a manifestation of what he calls its East India Company syndrome.
  首先，巴鲁相信，印度必须抛弃与贸易伙伴和外国投资者关系中特有的下意识防御心态。巴鲁将这种表现称为东印度公司综合症。
• 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。
• Is it a knee-jerk reaction?
  开出这种条件是一种下意识反应吗？
• 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？
• 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。
• 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 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。