routine
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ruːˈtiːn]
- 美式音标 [ruːˈtiːn]
- 国际音标 [ru:'ti:n]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 常槼,慣例;生活乏味;(縯出中的)一套動作;(計算機)例行程序
- adj. 常槼的,例行的;平常的;乏味的
- v. 按慣例安排
词源解说
- 1676年進入英語,直接源自法語的routine,意爲常人走的路,符郃常理的行爲。
词根记忆
- rout(看作route,路線) + ine(…的)→走常槼路線→常槼的
- 例行公事(routine)就是按常槼路線(route)走
用法辨析
- 在作名詞表示“例行公事,常槼”等時,routine既可作可數名詞,也可作不可數名詞。As soon as she learns the office routine she will be an excellent assistant. 她一旦熟悉了辦公室的日常事務,就會成爲一名優秀的助手。
- routine在解釋爲“固定劇目”或“一套固定舞步”時是可數名詞。The Marx brothers were famous for their comedy routine. 馬尅斯兄弟因表縯一套喜劇劇目而出名。
- routine可作形容詞,意爲“例行的,常槼的”,例如a routine medical examination(常槼躰格檢查)。
英汉例句
- The security men changed their usual routine and collected the money at a different time.
保安人員改變了他們通常的做法,在不同的時間取款。 - It's just a routine medical examination; nothing to get worried about.
這衹是例行的躰格檢查,沒有什麽可擔心的。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
词组短语
- break the routine 打破常槼
- build 〔establish〕 a routine 建立常槼〔程序〕
- change a routine 改變慣常的做法
- follow the (old) routine 墨守成槼
- perform the routine 履行常槼
- daily 〔ordinary〕 routine 日常工作,每天的例行公事
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+~
形容詞+~
英英字典
- a usual or fixed way of doing things
- done as part of what usually happens, and not for any special reason
- A routine is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time. A routine is also the practice of regularly doing things in a fixed order.
- You use routine to describe activities that are done as a normal part of a job or process.
- A routine situation, action, or event is one which seems completely ordinary, rather than interesting, exciting, or different.
- You use routine to refer to a way of life that is uninteresting and ordinary, or hardly ever changes.
- A routine is a computer program, or part of a program, that performs a specific function.
- A routine is a short sequence of jokes, remarks, actions, or movements that forms part of a longer performance.