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routine

/roo-teen/US // ruˈtin //UK // (ruːˈtiːn) //

常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a customary or regular course of procedure.
    • : commonplace tasks, chores, or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity: the routine of an office.
    • : regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.
    • : an unvarying and constantly repeated formula, as of speech or action; convenient or predictable response: Don't give me that brotherly-love routine!
    • : Computers. a complete set of coded instructions directing a computer to perform a series of operations.a series of operations performed by the computer.
    • : an individual act, performance, or part of a performance, as a song or dance, given regularly by an entertainer: a comic routine; a dance routine.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of, proceeding by, or adhering to routine: routine duties.
    • : dull or uninteresting; commonplace.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.habitual
Forms: routines
nounhabitual activity
Forms: routines

Examples

  • Another friend blocked her niece, whose routine ranting had crossed the line into shaming and bullying anyone who voted for the other party.

  • A man well known for his strict bed-at-8 routine was still awake, trying to put an edge on his teammates.

  • No matter who you are or your walk of life, there are areas of opportunity in your home and routine alike for a more streamlined experience.

  • He responded to eight routine police incidents on that shift, according to town records.

  • The first day, some students wanted to take naps midday like they did at home, and the school had to review routines and school-day structures with the students.

  • For now, Sabrine continues her daily routine of visits to the protest camp, to political leaders and taking care of the twins.

  • Royal Christmases have a rhythm and routine—but this year Will, Kate, and baby George have their own, more relaxed plans.

  • For OK Go, the four-piece band from Chicago, mainstream success started with eight treadmills and a choreographed dance routine.

  • “This [investigation] is part of routine procedure following the death of any firefighter,” he told The Daily Beast.

  • I'm pleased with my decision to avoid the routine script problems in favor of the spicy stuff.

  • They don't seem to think there would be much good gained by begging for special favours through routine channels.

  • They are easily seen with the one-sixth objective in the routine microscopic examination.

  • The morning to sleep, the afternoon to business and the evening to enjoyment, seems the usual routine with the favored classes.

  • He was a good country practitioner, and, I suppose, knew the ordinary routine of his work quite well.

  • An occasional visit to her parents, and to her old friends the nuns, was all that interrupted the quiet routine of daily duties.