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2.reflex actionsomething that you do without thinking, as a reaction to a situation 下意识的动作;本能反应
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reflex action• You develop a reflex action of reaching for the bowl.• As the knifeentered her she seemed to try to double up, but it was only a reflex action.• By reflex action - a mechanism of the nervous system - the threatened hand is instantly withdrawn and the threatened eye closed.• His reflex action was to bend and swing round violently, and I was thrown to the ground.• We then moved close and fired from the hip and shoulder in reflex actionshooting.• He caught her arm in mid-air, a deceptively lazyreflex action, his fingersbiting into her forearm.• In a smooth, reflex actionhoned by years of practice, I say no.• The reflex action at this point is to descend into cynicism.
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reflex• Almost as a reflex, he smiled grimly to himself.• Hawthorne said she fired the gun as a reflex when her husbandshouted.• Ellen thought that the smile was a reflex.• Though in a coma, the patient shows signs of brain activity, such as reflexes.• None of the patients was taking any medication known to interfere with cardiovascularreflexes.• Are we to infer from the texts that the pupils do not understand the differences between inborn and conditioned reflexes?• It is best to ignore this rather franticreflex.• Developmentproceeds as the infantexplores the environment via his or her reflexes.• So ingrained is the reflex of contention that even seemingly unobjectionable ideas provoke it.
Originreflex
(1500-1600)Latin past participle of reflectere; → REFLECT