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. 使自动化

He wanted to use computers to automate the process. 他想用电脑来使流程自动化。

2. automationN-UNCOUNT 自动化

In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half. 在过去的10年中，自动化已经减少了这里一半的劳动力。