knee-jerk

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A lesson, perhaps, for those who have similar knee-jerk reactions to things like human cloning.
或许，那些对某些事物有着类似的下意识反应，比如像克隆人，这是一次教训。
Although the knee-jerk reaction to a demand for better quality is to expand the testing team, that is probably not the best approach.
尽管要求更好质量的下意识反应就是扩大测试团队，但是这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国生存，就要克服这种下意识的迅速反应，认识到这种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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Most of us have a knee-jerk assumption that our reason for investing is to make money.
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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.