reflex
noun /ˈriːfleks/
/ˈriːfleks/
- an action or a movement of your body that happens naturally in response to something and that you cannot control; something that you do without thinking
反射动作；本能反应；反射作用 - The doctor tested her reflexes.
医生检测了她的反射动作。 - to have quick/slow reflexes
反射动作快／慢 - a reflex response/reaction
反射性反应 - Only the goalkeeper's reflexes (= his ability to react quickly) stopped the ball from going in.
只是因为守门员反应迅速，球才没有进。 - Almost as a reflex action, I grab my pen as the phone rings.
几乎是一种本能反应，电话铃一响，我就抓起笔。
- Almost by reflex, he helped himself to a drink.
几乎是下意识的，他给自己弄了杯酒。 - He reacts with lightning fast reflexes.
他以闪电般的速度作出反应。 - The rapid movement of an object close to the eye triggers an automatic reflex.
物体在眼前快速移动时，眼睛就会自动作出反应。 - The training is designed to sharpen the fighter's reflexes.
这项训练是为了加快拳击手的反应速度。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fast
- good
- lightning
- …
- trigger
- control
- hone
- …
- action
- response
- by reflex
词源early 16th cent. (as a noun denoting reflection): from Latin reflexus ‘a bending back’, from reflectere ‘bend back’, from re- ‘back’ + flectere ‘to bend’. - The doctor tested her reflexes.