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
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- routinely：例行公事地；老一套地。
- n性质的同根词
- routineer：职员；墨守成规者；[通信]定期测试装置。
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.