routine /ru:ˈti:n/ I. adj. 例行的，常规的：routine duties 例行职务；routine work 例行事务；a routine report 例行报告；a routine medical examination 常规的诊查 ‖II. n. 例行公事；惯例，惯常的程序：daily routine 例行公事；follow the (old) routine 墨守成规；break the routine 打破常规［考句］Children and old people do not like having their daily routine upset.儿童和老人都不喜欢打乱他们的日常事务。
routinely /ru:ˈti:nli/ adv.常规地，惯常地：Children have been routinely immunized against polio since 1958.自从1958 年以来，儿童都按照常规接种防治小儿麻痹症的疫苗。The library routinely handles a wide variety of enquiries.图书馆日常要处理各种各样的咨询。
