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

• 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。
• Is it a knee-jerk reaction?
  开出这种条件是一种下意识反应吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Amnesty called it a a knee-jerk reaction which does not get at the heart of the problem.
  国际特赦说，这种本能反应，并未触及问题的实质。
• 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 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。