n. 自動的機器
a. 自動的,無意識的
例句與用法:
1. We get an automatic increase in pay every year.
我們的薪金每年會自動增長。
2. This heating system has an automatic temperature control.
這個暖氣系統有自動化的溫度調節系統。
3. A fine for this offence is automatic.
對於這種過失，罰款是必然的。
4. For most of us breathing is automatic.
我們大多數人的呼吸都是無意識的.
5. Many workers in the sorting office lost their jobs when an automatic sorter was introduced.
揀信室安裝了自動揀信機之後, 許多揀信員都失業了.
英英解釋:
名詞automatic:
1. light machine gun
同義詞：automatic rifle, machine rifle
2. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
同義詞：automatic pistol
形容詞automatic:
1. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
2. like the unthinking functioning of a machine
同義詞：automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike
3. without volition or conscious control
同義詞：reflex, reflexive