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

• "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；
• 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。
• This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument.
  不过，这可能是对一个敏感话题的下意识的反应。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The knee-jerk response is to blame the politicians.
  人们下意识的反应是责怪政客。
• 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。
• 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。