We automatically assume faster walking gaits mean that animals are smaller, for instance.

例如，我们不由自主地认为，走快就意味着动物更小。

" How did she die? " he resumed at last--fain, notwithstanding his hardihood, to have a support behind him; for, after the struggle, he trembled, in spite of himself, to his very finger-ends.

“她是怎么死的？”终于，他又开口——虽然他很坚强，却也想在他背靠一靠的地方；因为，在这场斗争之，他不由自主地浑身颤抖着，连他的手指尖也在抖。

Of course, you know, when something's being done for the first time, you can't help but worry a little bit about how it's really going to turn out.

当然，你知道的，当你第一次做某件事情时，你不由自主地担心它到底变成什么样子。

Research shows that women's voice actually affects the emotional part of a man's brain, so he automatically thinks women are so emotional when they speak.

调查显示，女人的声音影响到男人大脑的情感区域，所以他不由自主地认为女人讲话的时候十分情绪化。

Scientifically speaking, when we know we're telling lies, we can't help but feel nervous.

从科学角度讲，当我们知道自己在说谎时，就不由自主地感到紧张。

Each year, either Harvard people or Yale people can’t help but pay close attention to the following information: Which university ranks first in the annual National Universities Rankings, Harvard or Yale?

每年无论是 哈佛人还是耶鲁人都不由自主地关注以下信息：一年一度的全美高校排行榜上谁是 第一，哈佛还是耶鲁？谁今年的橄榄球比赛，哈佛还是耶鲁？

If you do something compulsively, you can't really control it-it's a feature of being addicted to something, you feel you have to do it again and again.

如果你不由自主地做某事，那么你无法控制它——这是对某事上瘾的一特征，你觉你一遍又一遍地做。

You can't help but compare your life to theirs.

你不由自主地拿自己的生活和他们比较。

Okay, maybe you can't help feeling bad, though you shouldn't.

好的，也许你不由自主地感觉很差，尽管你不应该这样。

He slowed down, but still without any intention of stopping until, as we came nearer, the hushed intent faces of the people at the garage door made him automatically put on the brakes.

他把车子放慢下来，但并没打算停，直至到我们开近一点，车行门口那群人屏息敛容的而孔才使他不由自主地把车刹住。

His hand gripped his wand under his robes.

他的手不由自主地抓住长袍下的魔杖。

But he couldn't help being a little annoyed with her all the same.

然而，他还是不由自主地对她有点儿恼火。

" Who's that? " said Malfoy, taking an automatic step backward as he spotted Lupin.

“那是谁? ”马尔福问道，他看见卢平以不由自主地退一步。

I couldn't help recalling the frightening movie on my way home.

回家路上，我不由自主地回想这部骇人的电影。

" Not me, it was… " His eyes involuntarily darted toward Ember.

“不是我，是… … ”他的眼睛不由自主地瞟向小焰。

So, for example, they can spontaneously follow a human pointing gesture.

例如，幼犬不由自主地跟随人类的手势。

I felt drawn inside to join the fellowship in a foreign land.

我不由自主地进去，加入到这外国土地上的团体里。

Your cardiac muscle tissue, on the other hand, works involuntarily.

另一方面，你的心肌组织是不由自主地工作的。

You cannot help but be stirred when you read those words.

当你读到这些文字 便不由自主地心潮澎湃。

When Willie tapped on the window, Miguel gave an involuntary jump.

【involuntary】威利敲敲窗户，米格尔不由自主地跳起来。