regulate
verb- [transitive, intransitive] regulate (something)
to control something by means of rules （用規則條例）約束，控制，管理 The department is responsible for regulating the insurance industry. 該部門負責監管保險業。 The activities of credit companies are regulated by law. 信貸公司的業務受法律的制約。 The government accepts whaling in principle as long as it is carefully regulated. 只要受到嚴格監管，政府原則上接受捕鲸。 It is up to the regulating authority to put the measures into effect. 應該由管理部門落實這些措施。
Extra ExamplesTopics Permission and obligationb2Tobacco is a federally regulated product. 煙草是屬於聯邦監管的産品。 a code of conduct intended to regulate press reporting on the royal family 爲管控媒體報道王室信息而訂立的一套行爲規範 a highly regulated economy 受到嚴格監管的經濟 The Council was set up to regulate the fishing industry. 成立這個委員會是爲了對漁業進行規範。 The trade in these animals is highly regulated. 買賣這些動物受到嚴格監管。 There have been several unsuccessful attempts to regulate working conditions. 已經有幾次管理工作條件的嘗試沒有成功。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- heavily
- strictly
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- be designed to
- …
- an attempt to regulate something
- regulated by law
- regulated by statute
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- [transitive] regulate something
to control the speed, pressure, temperature, etc. in a machine or system 調節，控制（速度、壓力、溫度等）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.