knee-jerk

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A lesson, perhaps, for those who have similar knee-jerk reactions to things like human cloning.
或許，那些對某些事物有著類似的下意識反應(yīng)，比如像克隆人，這是一次教訓(xùn)。
Although the knee-jerk reaction to a demand for better quality is to expand the testing team, that is probably not the best approach.
盡管要求更好質(zhì)量的下意識反應(yīng)就是擴大測試團隊，但是這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國生存，就要克服這種下意識的迅速反應(yīng)，認(rèn)識到這種表面上的狡猾是君主制的秘密武器。

He should nonetheless hold his nerve against the knee-jerk Sinophobes, especially in the case of trade.
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But what I liked was that Josh didn't have a knee-jerk reaction to my criticism.
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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.