柯林斯詞典automate /???t??me?t/ (automating,automated,automates) 1. V-T To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines that can do the work instead of people. 使自動(dòng)化 He wanted to use computers to automate the process. 他想用電腦來(lái)使流程自動(dòng)化。2. automationN-UNCOUNT 自動(dòng)化 In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half. 在過(guò)去的10年中，自動(dòng)化已經(jīng)減少了這裡一半的勞動(dòng)力。 返回 automate劍橋詞典to make a process in a factory or office operate by machines or computers , in order to reduce the amount of work done by humans and the time taken to do the work 使自動(dòng)化 Massive investment is needed to automate the production process . 要實(shí)現(xiàn)生産過(guò)程的自動(dòng)化需要大量的投資。 返回 automate