单词 | automatically |
释义 | automatically (once / 1080 pages) adv Something that happens automatically happens in a mechanical way without a person having to do anything extra. If you walk through a door that swings open by itself, it opened automatically. When something is done automatically, it does it on its own, like a spellchecker that corrects your spelling automatically. In a crash, a car's airbag automatically fills with air. Many computers automatically go into rest mode (to save energy) if you don't touch them for a few seconds. Automatically can also refer to how you do something without thinking about it, like if you automatically walk into your old apartment and startle the new tenants. WORD FAMILYautomatic: automatically, automatics, automatise, automatize, non-automatic, semiautomatic+/automatise: automatised, semi-automatise/automatize: automatized, semi-automatize/semiautomatic: semiautomatically, semiautomatics USAGE EXAMPLESOtherwise, the airline systems will automatically book the passenger on the next available flight on the original route. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) When we neglect to decentralize it, it will be automatically centered. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Despite these cases, there is a move in some industries for compensation to be paid automatically more often. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) 1adv in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism Syn mechanically 2adv in a reflex manner he answered automatically |
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