automate

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。