| 释义 |
automatize, v.|ɔːˈtɒmətaɪz|
[a. F. automatise-r, f. automate automaton: see -ize. Cf. Gr. αὐτοµατίζειν to act of itself.]
1. To reduce to an automaton. rare.
1837[Implied at automatized ppl. a.]
2. To make or render automatic or automatically controlled; to introduce automation. orig. U.S.
1952Sci. Amer. Sept. 152/3 The estimated cost of complete instrumentation of a new modern plant to automatize it as fully as possible. 1955Atlantic June 14/2 Only a war, he believes, could automatize industry overnight.
So auˈtomatized ppl. a., (a) reduced to an automaton; (b) provided with or using automatic devices.
1837Carlyle Misc. (1857) IV. 2 Man; forced to exist, automatised, mummy-wise. 1956Sci. News Let. 7 July 9/3 Petroleum production is more highly automatized today than any other industry. 1959Times 9 Oct. 20/4 It [sc. the plant] is so highly automatised that it employs only 350 persons. 1960Commentary June 470/2 A rich, heavily automatized society. |