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. 使自動化

He wanted to use computers to automate the process. 他想用電腦來使流程自動化。

2. automationN-UNCOUNT 自動化

In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half. 在過去的10年中，自動化已經(jīng)減少了這里一半的勞動力。