knee-jerk
adjective /ˈniː dʒɜːk/
/ˈniː dʒɜːrk/
[only before noun] (disapproving)- produced in reaction to something, without any serious thought
本能地做出的；未经思考做出的 - It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
这是她未加思索做出的反应。
Collocations DictionaryKnee-jerk is used with these nouns:- decision
- reaction
- rejection
- …
- It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.