automatic

英 [ˌɔːtə'mætɪk] 美 [ˌɔːtə'mætɪk]

• adj. 自动的；无意识的；必然的
• n. 自动装置；半自动武器

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 自动的

   (of a machine, device, etc.) having controls that work without needing a person to operate them

2. 无意识的; 不加思索的

   done or happening without thinking

3. 必然的; 当然的

   always happening as a result of a particular action or situation

n. (名词)

1. [C]自动手枪(或步枪)

   a machine or apparatus, such as a gun, that operates automatically; an automatic weapon

2. [C]〈英〉自动变速汽车

   a car with a system of gears that operates without direct action from the driver

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 无意识的，茫无意识的
2. 自动的，自动化的
3. 必然（发生）的，当然的
4. 适用于全自动洗衣机的
5. 自动装置的
6. 习惯性的，不假思索的，机械的
7. 【生理】自动性的
8. 自动奉行的
9. 情不自禁地
10. 不随意的

n. 名词

1. （半）自动手枪，（半）自动武器
2. 自动机械，自动装置，自动的机器
3. 自动变速器
4. 自动排档汽车， 自动变速汽车
5. 自动化

英英释义

Noun:

1. light machine gun

2. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released

Adjective:

1. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control;

   "automatic transmission"
   "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"
   

2. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine;

   "an automatic `thank you'"
   "machinelike efficiency"
   

3. without volition or conscious control;

   "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"
   "a reflex knee jerk"
   "sneezing is reflexive"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. This heating system has an automatic temperature control.
   这个暖气系统有自动化的温度调节系统。
2. We get an automatic increase in pay every year.
   我们的薪金每年会自动增长。
3. For most of us breathing is automatic.
   我们大多数人的呼吸都是无意识的。
4. A fine for this offence is automatic.
   对于这种过失,罚款是必然的。

用作名词 (n.)

1. We now consider it to be the primordial automatic device because it held the first breath of lifelikeness in a machine.
   而我们现在之所以把它看成是自动装置的鼻祖，是因为它在一个机器装置中成功地把握到了生命之为生命的第一次呼吸。
2. Cranking-motor controls have varied from a simple foot-operated pedal to automatic devices that close the cranking-motor circuit when the accelerator pedal is depressed.
   控制起动电机的方式已从一个简单的脚踏板改为压下加速踏板即可自动接通起动电机电路的自动装置。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. This heating system has an automatic temperature control.
   这个暖气系统有自动温控装置。
2. We can get chocolate from an automatic machine.
   我们可以从自动售货机上取巧克力。
3. You can draw money from the automatic teller machine at the gate of the bank.
   你可以在银行门口的自动柜员机里取款。
4. Breathing is an automatic function of the body.
   呼吸是身体的一种无意识的功能。
5. A boy who has good manners stands up in an automatic movement when a lady enters the room.
   一个有礼貌的孩子,在一位女士进入房间时,便会不加思索地站起来。
6. You will get an automatic increase in pay every year.
   你每年一定有一次加薪。
7. These offences carry automatic fines.
   这些违法行为理所当然要罚款。
8. Taxpayers who do not send in their forms face an automatic fine.
   没有递交表格的纳税人必然面临罚款。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. This missile is fully automatic.
   这种导弹完全是自动操作的。
2. The doors to the department store are automatic.
   百货商店的门是自动的。
3. The movements of machines are completely automatic, you only need to start and stop the machines.
   机器的运行是完全自动的,你只需开关机器就行了。
4. My reaction was automatic.
   我的反应是不由自主的。
5. Her response was completely automatic.
   她的反应完全是下意识的。
6. Her remark was automatic.
   她说的话有口无心。
7. For most of us breathing is automatic.
   我们大多数人的呼吸是无意识的。
8. Breathing and swallowing are usually automatic.
   呼吸和吞咽通常是出自本能的。
9. She knew the lesson so well that her answers were automatic.
   她功课很熟,答起问题来不假思索。
10. He is so familiar with the subject that his answer is quite automatic.
    他对这一课题非常熟悉,所以回答起问题来几乎不假思索。
11. The movements needed to ride a bicycle soon become automatic.
    骑自行车的动作很快就变成机械式的行动。
12. A fine for this offence is automatic.
    对于这种过失,罚款是必然的。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The record player is set on automatic and will play several records before shutting off.
   电唱机被拨到自动控制挡,放几张唱片后会自动关掉。

经典引文

• The winking of the eyes is essentially automatic.

  出自： A. Bain

• I tossed my headsit is an automatic gesture I cannot helpsand went forward again.

  出自： J. Masters

• A natural system..under which the demands of the younger are not given automatic priority over the rights of the older.

  出自： Day Lewis

• The invitation was compulsive and automatic, it sprang from old habit merely.

  出自： C. Jackson

• As a batsman, he would have been an automatic choice for any Test team of any period.

  出自： T. Bailey

• Approximately a quarter of narcoleptics have frequent periods of automatic behaviour in the daytime when they are only half-awake.

  出自：Lancet

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• automatic camera 自动照相机
• automatic consequence 必然的结果
• automatic control system 自动控制系统
• automatic data processing 自动信息处理
• automatic door 自动门
• automatic elevator 自动电梯
• automatic feeder 自动供给装置
• automatic gearshift 自动挡装置
• automatic increase 自然增长
• automatic pilot 自动驾驶仪
• automatic pistol 自动手枪
• automatic pump 自动抽水泵
• automatic response 无意识反应
• automatic rifle 自动步枪
• automatic telephone 自动电话
• automatic teller machine 自动柜员机
• automatic transmission 自动变速装置
• automatic washing-machine 自动洗衣机

副词+～

• fully automatic 全自动的

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. automatic的基本意思是“自动的”,指机器(装置)等在不用人工的情况下,自动完成人所做的工作; 也可指人基于习惯或出于本能,或者因袭陈规而作出的“无意识的,不加思索的,习惯性的,机械的,不自觉的”动作; 还可指事件“必然随之而来的; 必然发生的”。
2. automatic不用于比较等级。

n. (名词)

1. automatic用作名词时可指“能自己运转的机器、器械和工具”,在英式英语中可指自动的汽车挡。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

automatic, voluntary

• 这两个词的共同意思是“自动的”。前者多指机械方面“自动的”; 而后者多指表示人类的“有意志的自动”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• electric
• mechanical
• push-button
• self-acting
• self-moving
• self-operating
• automated
• habitual
• instinctive
• involuntary
• occurring independently
• reflex
• unconscious
• uncontrolled
• unwilled
• mechanical
• routine

【反义词】

• manual
• conscious
• controlled
• deliberate intentional
• voluntary

派生词

n.(名词)

• automatically adv. 自动地; 无意识地; 自发地‖automaticity n. 自动,自发‖automotive adj. 汽车的,机动车辆的