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controller

noun
🔊/kənˈtrəʊlə(r)/
🔊/kənˈtrəʊlər/
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  1. a person who manages or directs something, especially a large organization or part of an organization（尤指大型机构或部门的）管理者，控制者，指挥者
    • He is the new programme controller for BBC2.他是英国广播公司第二频道的新任节目总监。
    • the company's controller for global marketing and sales公司的全球市场营销和销售总监
    • Her current job is marketing controller for South East sales region.她目前的工作是东南销售地区的市场总监。
    see also air traffic controller
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • air traffic
    • flight
    • ground
    • …
    preposition
    • controller for
    See full entry
  2. (specialist) a device that controls or regulates a machine or part of a machine（机器或部件的）控制器，调节器
    • a temperature controller温控器
    Topics Engineeringb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • air traffic
    • flight
    • ground
    • …
    preposition
    • controller for
    See full entry
  3. (also comptroller)
     a person who is in charge of the financial accounts of a business company（公司的）财务总管Topics Businessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • air traffic
    • flight
    • ground
    • …
    preposition
    • controller for
    See full entry
  4. (also game controller)
     an electronic device that is used to control video games via a computer or games console游戏控制器
    5. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a person who kept a duplicate register of accounts): from Anglo-Norman contrerollour, from contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. Compare with comptroller.