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

• 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。
• "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；
• 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 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。
• It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
  这是她未加思索作出的反应。
• The knee-jerk response is to blame the politicians.
  人们下意识的反应是责怪政客。
• 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。
• Is it a knee-jerk reaction?
  开出这种条件是一种下意识反应吗？
• 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。