| 单词 | reflexive |
| 释义 | reflexive (once / 16038 pages) 1adjn 2adj Something reflexive is completely involuntary. You can't help it. You might give a reflexive scream of fright if a bat flies in your face. The adjective reflexive has two very different meanings. Something that's done automatically, without thought, is reflexive. Things that refer to themselves can also be called reflexive, especially certain parts of grammar, as in this sentence: "I took extra time to prepare myself for the test." Because myself refers back to I, it's a reflexive pronoun. There's even a reflexive genre of writing, metafiction, which can be described as "fiction about fiction." WORD FAMILYreflexive: reflexively, reflexiveness, reflexives, reflexivity USAGE EXAMPLESThis finding — that people are reflexively prone to “intergroup bias” in punishment — is consistent with what many scientists believe about humans’ evolutionary heritage. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) We must resist the temptation to shut down, to react reflexively or to judge others. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) But video of the vicious punch is new, released Friday for the world to see and reflexively gag. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1adj referring back to itself Syn self-referent backward directed or facing toward the back or rear 2n a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent 2Syn|Hyper reflexive pronoun personal pronoun a pronoun expressing a distinction of person adj without volition or conscious control sneezing is reflexive Syn automatic, reflex involuntary controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control |
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