regulate
verb- [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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Permission and obligationb2Tobacco 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- heavily
- strictly
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- be designed to
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- 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 调节，控制（速度、压力、温度等）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.