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 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”。 - 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。 - Yes, there is an economic downturn but we can't afford to take a knee-jerk reaction and stop recruiting, John Harrison, KPMG China chairman, told the Financial Times.
毕马威中国主席夏理逊（JohnHarrison）向英国《金融时报》表示：是，目前经济不景气，但我们不能做出条件反射式的反应，停止招聘。 - 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。 - "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； - 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。 - It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
这是她未加思索作出的反应。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。