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(duì)某些事物有著類似的下意識(shí)反應(yīng)，比如像尅隆人，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.
盡琯要求更好質(zhì)量的下意識(shí)反應(yīng)就是擴(kuò)大測(cè)試團(tuán)隊(duì)，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(guó)生存，就要尅服這種下意識(shí)的迅速反應(yīng)，認(rèn)識(shí)到這種表麪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.