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regulate

verb
 
🔊/ˈreɡjuleɪt/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they regulate
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he / she / it regulates
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past simple regulated
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past participle regulated
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-ing form regulating
🔊/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [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.该部门负责规范保险业。
    • 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.只要经过严格监管，政府原则上就接受捕鲸。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • 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.已经进行了几次失败的尝试来调节工作条件。
    Topics Permission and obligationb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • closely
    • heavily
    • strictly
    • …
    verb + regulate
    • attempt to
    • seek to
    • be designed to
    • …
    phrases
    • an attempt to regulate something
    • regulated by law
    • regulated by statute
    • …
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  2.  
    [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。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.