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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "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; - 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。 - 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? - Is Mr monks merely offering a wholly predictable, knee-jerk, lefty rant? I do not think so.
蒙克斯仅是作了一次完全可预知的、机械的、左翼分子的激昂演说吗?我并不这么认为。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。