If you say that someone is an automaton, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking.
例句
I get sick of being thought of as a political automaton.我討厭被看作政治機器。
N-COUNT
小機器人
An automaton is a small, mechanical figure that can move automatically.
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way;