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

• 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。
• 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。
• The knee-jerk response is to blame the politicians.
  人们下意识的反应是责怪政客。
• 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。
• It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
  这是她未加思索作出的反应。
• You will have to overcome many unhealthy cravings and knee-jerk reactions.
  你必须克服许多不健康的渴望和莽撞的态度。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。