The truth is that up until recently I always had a knee-jerk reaction to anyone who used the word God. I preferred people use words like Universe, Source or Creator.
事实上直到最近我依然对言语之中谈及「上帝」的人有本能的抗拒,我个人比较偏向使用「万物」、「本源」、「创世者」等词,「上帝」一词对我来说宗教意味未免过于浓重。
It would be nice to have someone who is head of France who doesn「t almost have a knee-jerk reaction against the United States.
拥有某个是法国领导人,并且不会常常有膝跳反应来反对美国的这样一个人士比较好。
This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument.
不过,这可能是对一个敏感话题的下意识的反应。
And I admit that some of it was simply a knee-jerk reaction that parents too often have: it」s easier to say no than yes.
我也承认,我的这种反应几乎是下意识的,很多父母经常这么做,因为拒绝往往比同意更简单。