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. 常规,惯例;生活乏味;(演出中的)一套动作;(计算机)例行程序
- adj. 常规的,例行的;平常的;乏味的
- v. 按惯例安排
词源解说
- 1676年进入英语,直接源自法语的routine,意为常人走的路,符合常理的行为。
词根记忆
- rout(看作route,路线) + ine(…的)→走常规路线→常规的
- 例行公事(routine)就是按常规路线(route)走
用法辨析
- 在作名词表示“例行公事,常规”等时,routine既可作可数名词,也可作不可数名词。As soon as she learns the office routine she will be an excellent assistant. 她一旦熟悉了办公室的日常事务,就会成为一名优秀的助手。
- routine在解释为“固定剧目”或“一套固定舞步”时是可数名词。The Marx brothers were famous for their comedy routine. 马克斯兄弟因表演一套喜剧剧目而出名。
- routine可作形容词,意为“例行的,常规的”,例如a routine medical examination(常规体格检查)。
英汉例句
- The security men changed their usual routine and collected the money at a different time.
保安人员改变了他们通常的做法,在不同的时间取款。 - It's just a routine medical examination; nothing to get worried about.
这只是例行的体格检查,没有什么可担心的。
用作名词 (n.)
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
词组短语
- break the routine 打破常规
- build 〔establish〕 a routine 建立常规〔程序〕
- change a routine 改变惯常的做法
- follow the (old) routine 墨守成规
- perform the routine 履行常规
- daily 〔ordinary〕 routine 日常工作,每天的例行公事
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
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.