knee-jerk

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈniː.dʒɜːk]
• 美式音标 [ˈniː.dʒɝːk]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 膝反射
• adj. 下意识的；自动反应的；膝反射的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• A lesson, perhaps, for those who have similar knee-jerk reactions to things like human cloning.
  或许，那些对某些事物有着类似的下意识反应，比如像克隆人，这是一次教训。
• 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。
• But if republicanism is to survive in Britain it needs to get over such knee-jerk reactions and recognise the visual cunning that is monarchy's secret weapon.
  但是如果共和政治要在英国生存，就要克服这种下意识的迅速反应，认识到这种表面上的狡猾是君主制的秘密武器。

权威例句

• He should nonetheless hold his nerve against the knee-jerk Sinophobes, especially in the case of trade.
  ECONOMIST: China and the West
• Most of us have a knee-jerk assumption that our reason for investing is to make money.
  FORBES: What Is Your Financial 'Why?'
• But what I liked was that Josh didn't have a knee-jerk reaction to my criticism.
  NPR: Post-Katrina Depicted in Comic Strips

词组短语

短语

• knee -jerk reaction 膝跳反射;膝跳反应;下意识反应
• crossed knee -jerk 对侧膝反射;麦考马克氏反射
• crossed adductor knee -jerk 翻译
• a knee -jerk reaction 不由自主的反应

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully

柯林斯英英字典

• If you call someone's response to a question or situation a knee-jerk reaction, you mean that they react in a very predictable way, without thinking.

专业释义

医药科学

• 膝反射
• 腱反射
• 膝跳反射

生物学

• 膝跳反射
• 膝反射
• 腱反射

心理学

• 膝腱