automate

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Related topics: Computers

au·to·mate /ˈɔːtəmeɪt $ ˈɒː-/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

to start using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people 使自动化

Cash machines automate two basic functions of a bank – deposits and withdrawals.

柜员机使银行的两个基本功能——存款和取款自动化了。

Examples from the Corpus

automate• Other monitoring devices may also be connected and data acquisition is fully automated.• The order goes to an automated brokerage service, which searches exchanges to find the best price.• It is interesting to contemplate the effects this widespread automated dealing would have on the stock market.• Data is easily digitised and automated, the method is not imaging and not cheap.• In effect, a personalized automated trading system can be created without having to go to any financial institution.

From Longman Business Dictionary

automateau·to·mate /ˈɔːtəmeɪtˈɒː-/ verb [transitiveT]MANUFACTURING

to change to a system where goods are produced or jobs are done by machines rather than by people

Computers have enabled us to automate many of the routine tasks in offices.

—automated adjectiveadj

the industry’s first fully automated warehouse

—automation noun [uncountableU]

Costs have been reduced by automation and heavy job cuts.

software for office automation

Origin automate

(1900-2000) automation