【突破英文词汇】aut, auto -- self 自己

autobiography 1 /ˌɔ:təbaɪ'ɒɡrəfɪ/
In her autobiography The Story of My Life, Helen Keller tells how unruly she was as a young child.
 
-- story of a person's life written by the person himself
 
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n. 自传
在她的自传《我的一生》中，海伦·凯勒描述她孩提时是多么任性。
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autocrat 2 /ˈɔ:təkræt/
 
The autocrat was replaced by a ruler responsible to the people.
 
-- ruler exercising self-derived, absolute power; despot
 
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n. 独裁者
那个独裁者被一位对人民负责的统治者取代了。
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autograph /'ɔ:təɡrɑ:f/
 
The baseball star wrote his autograph for an admirer who came up to him with a pencil and scorecard.
 
-- person's signature written by himself
 
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n. 亲笔签名
那个棒球明星为一位带着铅笔及计分卡的球迷签名。
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automation /ˌɔ:təˈmeiʃən/
 
Many workers have lost their jobs as a result of automation.
 
-- technique of making a process self-operating by means of built-in electronic controls
 
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n. 自动化；自动操作
许多工人由于自动化而失去了工作。
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automaton 3 /ɔ:'tɒmətən/
 
An autocrat prefers his subjects to be automatons 4, rather than intelligent human beings.
 
-- (literally, "self-acting 5 thing") purely 6 mechanical person following a routine; robot
 
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n. 机器人
独裁者希望他的人民都是机器人，而不是聪明人。
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autonomy /ɔ:'tɒnəmɪ/
 
After World War Ⅱ, many colonies were granted autonomy and became independent nations.
 
-- right of self-government
 
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n. 自治权
第二次世界大战后，许多殖民地获得了自治权，成为独立的国家。
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autopsy 7 /'ɔ:tɒpsɪ/
The cause of the actor's sudden death willnot be known until the autopsy has been performed.
 
-- (literally, "a seeing for one's self") medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death;
postmortem examination
 
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n. 验尸
验尸后才能知道这位演员突然死亡的原因。
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authentic 8 /ɔ:ˈθentɪk/
When you withdraw money, the bank compares your signature with the one in its files 
to see if it is authentic.
 
-- (literally, "from the master himself") genuine; real; reliable; trustworthy
 
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adj. 可靠的；真正的
提款时，银行会拿你的签名与其档案里的比较，
以查对那是不是真迹。
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automatic /ˌɔ:təˈmætik/
You do not have to defrost the refrigerator because it is equipped with an automatic defroster.
 
-- acting by itself; independent
 
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adj. 自动的
你不必给这个冰箱除霜，因为它配有自动除霜器。
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autonomous 9  /ɔ:ˈtɒnəməs/
 
The Alumni Association is not under the control of the school. It is a completely autonomous group.
 
-- self-governing; independent
 
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adj. 自治的；独立的
校友会不在学校的控制之下，它完全是一个独立的团体。
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