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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。