automatic

adj. 自动的；无意识的；必然的

n. 自动机械；自动手枪

adj.

自动的；不假思索的，无意识的；必然发生的；

n.

自动化机器或设备；自动手枪；

变形

复数：automatics

双语释义

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

无意识的; 不加思索的 done or happening without thinking

必然的; 当然的 always happening as a result of a particular action or situation

[C]自动手枪(或步枪) a machine or apparatus, such as a gun, that operates automatically; an automatic weapon

[C]〈英〉自动变速汽车 a car with a system of gears that operates without direct action from the driver

英英释义

automatic[ ,ɔ:tə'mætik ]

n.

light machine gun

同义词：automatic riflemachine rifle

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

同义词：automatic pistol

adj.

operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control

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

like the unthinking functioning of a machine

"an automatic `thank you'"

同义词：automatonlikemachinelikerobotlike

without volition or conscious control

"the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"

同义词：reflex(a)reflexive

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

词组短语

automatic control自动控制

automatic control system自动控制系统

fully automatic全自动的

automatic system自动系统；自动装置

full automatic全自动的

automatic welding自动焊接

automatic transmission自动换档；自动变速装置；自动驾驶

automatic detection自动检测

automatic machine自动机床；自动机械

automatic testing自动测试；自动校验；自动检验

automatic test system自动测试系统

automatic equipment自动设备；自动装置

automatic operation自动操作；自动运算

automatic tracking自动跟踪；自动跟踪仪

automatic door自动门

automatic inspection自动检查；自动检验

automatic feed自动进料

automatic control theory自动控制理论

automatic switching自动转换；自动开关

automatic device自动装置

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

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。

We get an automatic increase in pay every year.
我们的薪金每年会自动增长。

For most of us breathing is automatic.
我们大多数人的呼吸都是无意识的。

A fine for this offence is automatic.
对于这种过失,罚款是必然的。

用作名词(n.)

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。

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。

权威例句

automatic (adj.)

"self-acting, moving or acting on its own," 1812, from Greek automatos, used of the gates of Olympus and the tripods of Hephaestus (also "without apparent cause, by accident"), from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated" (see automaton). Of involuntary animal or human actions, from 1748, first used in this sense by English physician and philosopher David Hartley (1705-1757). In reference to a type of firearm, from 1877; specifically of machinery that imitates human-directed action from 1940.

automatic (n.)

"automatic weapon," 1902, from automatic (adj.). Meaning "motorized vehicle with automatic transmission" is from 1949.

1. Essentially, this means the index. A printed manual has an index in the back that you use manually. Online help has an automatic index search facility.

这基本上取决于索引质量，打印手册后面有一个索引，在线帮助有一个自动索引搜索工具。

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2. A 4-speed automatic transmission is optional.

四段自动变速器是可自由选择的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. All the employees expect an automatic increase in pay every year.

所有的员工都期待每年工资自然增长。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. A better way to create a wizard is to make a simple, automatic function that asks no questions of users but that just goes off and does the job.

创建向导的更好方式是变成简单的自动功能，不向用户提问而直接继续执行功能。

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5. This washing-machine is fully automatic.

这台洗衣机是全自动的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. Thankfully, in recent times developers have commonly implemented a variable auto-scroll rate as shown in Figure 19-7, where the automatic scrolling increases in speed as the cursor gets closer to the window edge.

近来，有一些开发人员共同开发出了一个自动滚屏的变体，如图19-8所示。 当光标与窗口边界的距离越近，自动滚屏的速度就会增加。

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7. Ordering lists Sometimes the need arises to drag an item from a list control to another position in the same list control. (Actually, this need arises far more often than most interaction designers seem to think.) Many programs offer automatic sort facilities for important lists.

有时在同一个列表控件中需要把项目从一个位置提升到另一个位置（事实上，这种需求远远超过多数交互设计师的想像），许多程序为重要的列表提供了自动排序的工具。

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8. The easiest thing to build in most windowing systems is a dialog box. The dialog box facility offers automatic tools for specifying how and where controls will be placed.

在大多数窗口应用程序中最容易创建的是对话框，对话框系统提供了自动化的工具来指定如何及在什么地方布置控件。

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9. Automatic save will be adequate for almost everybody.

自动保存对于大多数人来说足够了。

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10. There is no automatic function that will do this; you just have to drag them until it’s right.

没有这样的自动功能，你不得不一直拖动，直到正确为止。

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