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 response is to blame the politicians.
  人们下意识的反应是责怪政客。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
  这是她未加思索作出的反应。
• 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”。