reaction
n
1 [C, U] ~ (to sb/sth) response to a situation, an act, an influence, etc (對(duì)情況、 行動(dòng)、 影響等做出的)反應(yīng), 回應(yīng)
What was his reaction to the news? 他對(duì)這消息的反應(yīng)如何?
Her arrest produced an immediate/a sudden reaction from the press. 她被捕的事立刻[突然]在新聞界引起反響.
the shocked reaction of schools to education cuts 學(xué)校對(duì)削減教育經(jīng)費(fèi)的激烈反應(yīng)
Reaction to his taunts will only encourage him. 別理會(huì)他惡言尋釁, 一理他更來(lái)勁兒.
2 [sing] physical response, usu a bad one, to a drug, chemical substance, etc (由藥物、 化學(xué)物質(zhì)等引起的)生理上的反應(yīng)(通常指不良反應(yīng))
an allergic reaction to animals, birds, etc 對(duì)獸類、 鳥(niǎo)類等的變態(tài)反應(yīng)
I had a bad reaction after my typhoid injection. 我注射傷寒針劑後產(chǎn)生了不良反應(yīng).
3 [sing, U] return to a previous state after a period of the opposite condition 回復(fù)到原來(lái)的狀態(tài); 復(fù)舊
After all the excitement there was (an inevitable) reaction, eg a time when life seemed dull again. 熱鬧一番過(guò)後, (不可避免地)又恢復(fù)了舊觀(生活沉悶如故).
4 [U] opposition to (esp political) progress or reform 反對(duì)(尤指政治的)進(jìn)步或改革; 反動(dòng)
The forces of reaction made reform difficult. 反動(dòng)勢(shì)力給改革造成了困難.
5 [C, U] chemical change producedby two or more substances acting upon each other 化學(xué)反應(yīng)
nuclear reaction, ie change within the nucleus of an atom 核反應(yīng).