"action in resistance or response to another action or power," 1610s, from re- "again, anew" + action (q.v.). Modeled on French réaction, older Italian reattione, from Medieval Latin reactionem (nominative reactio), noun of action formed in Late Latin from past participle stem of Latin reagere "react," from re- "back" + agere "to do, act" (see act (v.)).
Originally scientific; physiological sense is attested from 1805; psychological sense first recorded 1887; general sense of "action or feeling in response" (to a statement, event, etc.) is recorded from 1914. Reaction time, "time elapsing between the action of an external stimulus and the giving of a signal in reply," attested by 1874.
雙語例句
1. There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
對于這個決定的反應非常不一致。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back.
當被別人弄疼時我們本能的反應是反擊。
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3. Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.
青少年自殺很少是由于突然發(fā)生不幸而作出的沖動反應。
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4. All new fashion starts out as a reaction against existing convention.
所有新時尚都是從打破現有常規(guī)開始的。
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5. Whenever recession strikes, a chain reaction is set into motion.