He seemed a mere automaton, galvanized into moving and speaking by the wayward Eustacia's will.

仿佛只是一个机器人，言行举动全由游苔莎反复无常的意志来驱动。

Animals were thought of as basically automatons just responding in a reflexive manner, with no feelings of pain or any kind of emotional depth.

人们认为动物基本上就是自动机器，只会反射性做出反应，没有疼痛感或任何情感深度。

Well, I'd been thinking about a cellular automata approach to neuronal connectivity, and I thought it might have some interesting applications to string theory-- it's not a big deal.

我最近在思考通过元胞自动机来研究神经元连接，然后我觉得这可能对弦理论研究有些不错的用途。小忙不值得一提啦。

He treated her with the strictest politeness, but with the precision of an automaton, the movements of which had been arranged for this purpose.

对艾娥达夫人严格遵守着一种礼节上的责任，但是在履行这些责任时总是带着作为一个死板板的绅士所固有的那种关心和令人摸不透的心情，的一切举止都是用来表现这种心情的。

The red automaton opposite lapsed into silence, nodded, and followed his example.

坐在对面的红色机器人思，点点头，按韦狄的数目下了注。

A high-spec automaton powered by artificial intelligence (AI), he isn't quite human though it is hard to say why.

是一个由人工智能(AI)驱动的高规格机器人，虽然很难说出原因，但并不完全是人类。

Back in the 17th century, clock makers started turning the wheels from clocks into these moving robots called automata.

早在 17 世纪，时钟制造商就开始将时钟的轮子变成这些称为自动机的移动机器人。

One of the most famous automata makers was Jean-Joseph Merlin, the owner of Merlin's Mechanical Museum filled with his inventions like self-propelling wheelchairs and roller skates.

最著名的自动机制造商之一是让-约瑟夫·梅林，梅林机械博物馆的主人，里面装满了的发明，如自动轮椅和旱冰鞋。

Do you think I am an automaton?

你以为我是个没有感情的机器吗？

The word 'automaton' means precisely that – something that moves of its own accord.

“自动机”这个词的意思恰恰是——自动移动的东西。

Greek engineers began making actual automatons including robotic servants and flying models of birds.

希腊工程师开始制造真正的自动机，包括机器人仆人和鸟类的飞行模型。

They move to their terrible end as automatons move.

们像自动机器一样走向那可怕的结局。

And that just teaches you to become an automaton to a degree.

这只会让你在某种程度上变成一个机械人。

We can't be like automatons where everything is perfect.

我们不能像自动机器一样，一切都完美无缺。

I mean, it's very heavy on recreated rooms and automata and so on.

我意思是，那里有很多复原的房间和自动机械等等。

Her will had been taken from her, and she was an automaton.

她的遗嘱被剥夺了， 她成了一个机器人。

In short, I know just as little about myself as I do about the Eternal Essence, and I have a haunting suspicion that I may be a mere automaton, my every thought and act due to some power which uses and deceives me.

简而言之，我对自己的了解和对永恒本质的了解一样少，而且我一直怀疑自己可能只是一个自动机，我的每一个想法和行为都归因于某种使用和欺骗我的力量。

In 1739 Voltaire wrote, “Without the voice of le Maure and Vaucanson’s duck, you would have nothing to remind you of the glory of France.” One of the most infamous examples was the “Mechanical Turk”: a chess-playing, humanoid automaton.

1739年，伏尔泰写道：“如果没有莫尔的声音和瓦康松的消化鸭，你就没有什么能让你想起法国的荣耀。”其中一个最着名的例子就是“机械土耳其人”：一个会下棋的人形自动机。

A censer was brought to him; and he raised his hand with the action of an automaton, and put the incense into the vessel, looking neither to the right nor to the left.

有人给递上一个香炉；像机器人一样抬手，将香料放香炉中，既没有左顾右盼。

Uh, Adrian, or I'm sorry, blank with a sipping cup face character, um, uh, says sup resident near nerd here to ask, will you be playing near automata?

嗯，阿德里安，或者我抱歉， 空白的拿着杯子喝水的角色说，附近有宅男在这里问，你会玩近自动机吗？