automatic是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 An automatic machine or device is able to operate independently of human control. -- 自動的；自動化的

  • automatic doors 自動門

  • an automatic rifle 自動步槍

  • automatic focus on a camera 相機的自動對焦裝置

• 1 done without thinking about it -- 無意識的，不自覺的；不假思索的，機械的

  • Over time, driving just becomes automatic. 時間長了，開車也就成了一個機械的過程。

  • My automatic response was to pull my hand away. 我不自覺的反應就是把手抽回。

• 2 certain to happen as part of the normal process or system -- 必然隨之發生的；自然而然的

  • Citizenship is automatic for children born in this country. 嬰兒出生在這個國家，就自然而然地成為這個國家的公民。

  • You get an automatic promotion after two years. 兩年後你就會自動晉升。

• 3 a vehicle in which you do not have to change the gears -- 自動變速汽車，自動換檔汽車

  • Kate drives an automatic. 凱特開的是一輛自動檔汽車。