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

• Putative Chinese investments abroad sometimes face a reaction of knee-jerk nationalism.
  中国在海外的投资计划，有时会面对一种下意识的民族主义反应。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Is it a knee-jerk reaction?
  开出这种条件是一种下意识反应吗？
• 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。