柯林斯詞典knee-jerk 1. ADJ 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. 未經(jīng)考慮做出的[ADJ n] [表不滿] The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals. 對此類狀況的第一反應(yīng)是要求所有醫(yī)院都采取相應(yīng)的安全措施。 返回 knee-jerk劍橋詞典?knee-jerk reaction, response, etc. a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully （來不及仔細(xì)考慮的）本能反應(yīng)，自動反應(yīng) 返回 knee-jerk