routine /ru: 'ti: n; ru'tin/ n [C, U] fixed and regular way of doing things: 例行公事; 例行手續(xù); 常規(guī)： business ~; 業(yè)務(wù)的例行手績(jī); a question of ~. 例行手續(xù)的問(wèn)題. 。 adj usual; ordinary: 通常的; 普通的： the ~ procedure; 普通程序; my ~ duties, those performed regularly, as if by rule. 例行