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automated + noun
automated 常放在名词前作定语，表示“自动化的”。
The bank uses an automated system to process payments.
这家银行使用自动化系统处理付款。
自动化的；机械化的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
自动化的；机械化的
operated automatically; mechanized
The bank uses an automated system to process payments.
这家银行使用自动化系统处理付款。
使自动化的。
Made automatic.
由机器完成的。
Done by machine.
自动操作的
operated by automation
The new parking lot uses an automated system to guide drivers to open spaces.
新的停车场使用自动化系统引导司机找到空位。
AI contextual example
After you submit the form, you will receive an automated email confirming your order.
提交表格后，你会收到一封确认订单的自动邮件。
AI contextual example
The subway line is fully automated, so trains run without a driver.
这条地铁线是全自动化的，所以列车运行时不需要驾驶员。
AI contextual example
an automated stoker
自动化加煤机
WordNet
automated 常放在名词前作定语，表示“自动化的”。
The bank uses an automated system to process payments.
这家银行使用自动化系统处理付款。
作表语时，automated 描述状态，“be automated”不是被动语态。
Many routine tasks are now automated.
许多日常任务现在已经自动化了。
可用 fully 等程度副词修饰，强调自动化程度。
The new factory is fully automated.
这家新工厂是全自动化的。
Not this
The machine works automated.
Use this
The machine works automatically.
work 是动词，需要副词修饰；automated 是形容词，应改为副词 automatically（自动地）。
Not this
We need to automated the order process.
Use this
We need to automate the order process.
to 后面要接动词原形，automate 才是原形；automated 是过去分词/形容词，不能用在 to 之后。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
自动化系统
The factory uses an automated system to sort packages.
这家工厂使用自动化系统分拣包裹。
自动化流程
Hiring is now an automated process that saves time.
招聘现在是一个节省时间的自动化流程。
自动取款机
She withdrew cash from an automated teller machine.
她从自动取款机取款。
自动回复
You will receive an automated response after submitting the form.
提交表单后你会收到自动回复。
自动化测试
The team uses automated testing to check the software daily.
团队每天用自动化测试检查软件。
自动化生产线
The new automated production line doubled the output.
新的自动化生产线使产量翻了一番。
Use automated naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
automated 拆分记忆：auto(自动) + mated(配对)，想象机器自动把零件配对好，全程无需人手。
语域：neutral 常见场景：manufacturing、software development、customer service “automated”（自动化的）在技术、工业和日常服务场景中都比较常见，语气通常偏中性；正式文件或产品说明中多使用，日常口语中不一定常用。
All listed words end in -ated as /eɪtɪd/. Updated shares the final /eɪtɪd/ sound and is the closest rhyme to automated. The others also show the same -ated ending but are not perfect rhymes because their main stress falls earlier.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.