| 单词 | automate |
| 释义 | automate (once / 3516 pages) v When you design a machine to complete a process once done by a human, you automate the process. Standardized tests once had to be graded by hand, now they're automated, i.e. done by computers. If you automate a factory, workers might lose jobs to robots and machines. A century ago, if you did laundry, you had to turn the clothes in the drum by hand. It was really hard work, so hard that in many families one day was set aside as laundry day and everyone had to help. In 1937, the first electric, or automated, washer was sold, with a motor that turned the drum. Since then, the job has become much easier, though most of us still find it a chore. WORD FAMILYautomate: automated, automates, automating, automation USAGE EXAMPLESThe new part is that Steamaco's technology automates the regulation of electricity. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Those motion points are stored, and used to automate the task. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) “We automate all the coding, all the tedious work that is not really adding any value,” he said. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) v make automatic or control or operate automatically automate the movement of the robot Syn|Hypo|Hyper automatise, automatize semi-automatise, semi-automatize make semiautomatic alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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