regulate

verb

/ˈreɡjuleɪt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they regulate	/ˈreɡjuleɪt/ /ˈreɡjuleɪt/
he / she / it regulates	/ˈreɡjuleɪts/ /ˈreɡjuleɪts/
past simple regulated	/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/
past participle regulated	/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/
-ing form regulating	/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/

[transitive, intransitive] regulate (something) to control something by means of rules（用规则条例）约束，控制，管理
- The department is responsible for regulating the insurance industry.该部门负责监管保险业。
- The activities of credit companies are regulated by law.信贷公司的业务受法律的制约。
- The government accepts whaling in principle as long as it is carefully regulated.只要受到严格监管，政府原则上接受捕鲸。
- It is up to the regulating authority to put the measures into effect.应该由管理部门落实这些措施。
- Tobacco is a federally regulated product.烟草是属于联邦监管的产品。
- a code of conduct intended to regulate press reporting on the royal family为管控媒体报道王室信息而订立的一套行为规范
- a highly regulated economy受到严格监管的经济
- The Council was set up to regulate the fishing industry.成立这个委员会是为了对渔业进行规范。
- The trade in these animals is highly regulated.买卖这些动物受到严格监管。
- There have been several unsuccessful attempts to regulate working conditions.已经有几次管理工作条件的尝试没有成功。
Topics Permission and obligationb2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- closely
- heavily
- strictly
- …
verb + regulate
- attempt to
- seek to
- be designed to
- …
phrases
- an attempt to regulate something
- regulated by law
- regulated by statute
- …
[transitive] regulate something to control the speed, pressure, temperature, etc. in a machine or system调节，控制（速度、压力、温度等）
- This valve regulates the flow of water.这个阀门调节水流。

词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.