automate

IPA/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/
KK[ˈɔtəmˌet]IPA/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/

automate — 動詞

  • automatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • automateshe / she / it
  • automatedpast simple
  • automating-ing form

1. to set up a job, step, or system so that machines or computer programs carry it

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

自動化

改用機器或電腦自動執行工作

to set up a job, step, or system so that machines or computer programs carry it out on their own, with little or no need for a human worker.

例句

The Toyota factory has automated most of the welding work on the car frames.

豐田工廠已經把車架的大部分焊接工作自動化了。

automate + noun (factory process)

Ines wrote a small script to automate her weekly sales report.

Ines 寫了一個小程式，把她每週的銷售報表自動化處理。

automate + noun (routine office task)

常見搭配
  • automate a process
  • automate a task
  • fully automate
  • automate production
同義詞
  • mechanize

    stresses replacing manual labour with machinery, often heavy industrial equipment

  • computerize

    narrower — specifically using computers to handle records or tasks

  • streamline

    broader — simplify a process, not necessarily by handing it to machines

反義詞
  • manual

    adjective form; describes work still done by hand rather than by machine

文法句型

automate + noun (process/task/system)

用法筆記

Object is almost always a process, task, system, or job — not a person. Frequently appears in the passive when the focus is on which work has been taken over by machines.

常見錯誤

The factory automated 200 workers.
The factory automated the packing line and let go of 200 workers.
you automate the work, not the people doing it.
I want to automate to send emails every Monday.
I want to automate sending emails every Monday.
use a noun or -ing form after 'automate', not a to-infinitive.

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常用片語

  • automate a process
  • fully automate the workflow
  • automate repetitive tasks

介系詞搭配

  • with (machines/software)
  • through (technology)