knee-jerk
英 [ˈniː dʒɜːk]
美 [ˈniː dʒɜːrk]
adj. 本能地做出的; 未经思考做出的
牛津词典
adj.
- 本能地做出的;未经思考做出的
produced automatically, without any serious thought- It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
这是她未加思索做出的反应。
- It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
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.- 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。
- The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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”。 - Such "requirements" are just bad knee-jerk design.
这种“需求”只是错误的下意识设计。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "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; - 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。