| 单词 | on autopilot |
| 释义 | > as lemmason autopilot 2. figurative. Automatic or mechanical action, behaviour, or routine. Chiefly in on autopilot: (acting or happening) according to routine or habit, without concentration or conscious thought. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > routine rote1581 route1725 routine1760 habituality1801 automatism1882 mechanicalism1903 autopilot1967 1967 Pop. Sci. Dec. 168 Remember, everything's on autopilot, and it's going to be all right. 1978 Yoga Jrnl. Jan. 43 The muscles that do the work of breathing for us run on auto-pilot. 1989 F. Fyfield Shadows on Mirror (1990) vi. 123 The habit of..coasting by day on a few hours' sleep, working on auto-pilot, had become entrenched. 1993 Spy (N.Y.) Feb. 50/1 Having been obliged to do such hard thinking all year long.., pundits..were delighted to settle into post-election autopilot. 2000 K. Charles Cruel Habitations (2001) x. 174 Jacquie went through it all on autopilot. < as lemmas |
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