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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 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 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。 - "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； - 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。