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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 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Amnesty called it a a knee-jerk reaction which does not get at the heart of the problem.
      国际特赦说,这种本能反应,并未触及问题的实质。
    • 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。
    • Such "requirements" are just bad knee-jerk design.
      这种“需求”只是错误的下意识设计。
    • It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
      这是她未加思索作出的反应。
    • 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。
    • To add to the sense of comfort, Mr Obama's response to the financial crisis reassured business people because it suggested that an Obama administration would prize stability above knee-jerk reactions.
      让人安心的是,奥巴马对金融危机的反应恢复了商人们的信心,因为这意味着奥巴马政府会把稳定摆在下意识反应之上。
    • 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。