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
- 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。 - So many big companies have sourcing infrastructures whose knee-jerk reaction is to head to China, he said.
很多大公司的外包系统有一个下意识反应,就是去中国,他说。 - 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。 - Such "requirements" are just bad knee-jerk design.
这种“需求”只是错误的下意识设计。 - 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。 - 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。 - The micro-expression only tells you their knee-jerk emotional state.
微观表现只告诉你他们下意识的情绪状态。 - 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。 - 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? - "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;