automation

Word family  noun automation adjective automatic automated adverb automatically

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Factories, Computers

au·to·mation /ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən $ ˌɒː-/ AWL noun [uncountable]  TIFMACHINEthe use of computers and machines instead of people to do a job 自动化 → automated

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automation• Any occupation that consists mostly of the repeated application of rules is a target for automation.• For example we need to provide our Members with better services and facilities, with larger branches and with more automation.• There is a kind of automation in the way thi woman speaks.• But this is a bleak, stoic, death-wish kind of automation, with no hope of being great again.• Desktop publishing acts as an integrator of the output from other office automation packages.• Breakeven analysis may be used to analyze the profit implications of a modernization or automation program.• Alternatively, the computer could form a part of other automation systems that the firm sells.• Some say automation is the main culprit.Origin automation (1900-2000) automatic

au·to·mation nounChineseSyllable  

use instead Corpus the of computers machines of people and

automation
au‧to‧mation AC /ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən $ ˌɒː-/ noun [uncountable]the use of computers and machines instead of people to do a job ⇨ automated

auto·ma·tion AW BrE /ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the use of machines to do work that was previously done by people 自动化◆Automation meant the loss of many factory jobs. 自动化意味着许多工厂工人失业。🔊🔊