regulate

英 ['reɡjuleɪt] 美 ['reɡjuleɪt]

• vt. 调整；校准；管理；控制

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 控制,管理

   control; manage

2. vt. 调整,调节

   adjust; arrange

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 调整，调节
2. 管理
3. 控制
4. 校准，调准，对准，调校
5. 使规则化，使条理化
6. 管制，整顿，治理，整治
7. 【化】调节
8. 规划，塑造
9. 限制，制约，克制，约束
10. 规定 ，为…制订规章
11. 有系统的管理
12. 影响，决定
13. 阻遏（声音）的扩散
14. 使整齐

英英释义

Verb:

1. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;

   "regulate the temperature"
   "modulate the pitch"
   

2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations;

   "We cannot regulate the way people dress"
   "This town likes to regulate"
   

3. shape or influence; give direction to;

   "experience often determines ability"
   "mold public opinion"
   

4. check the emission of (sound)

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Specification could be regulated as buyer's request.
   指标可根据客户要求进行调整。
2. Regretfully, we can't regulate the irregular liner on the gulf.
   遗憾的是我们不能调整海湾上不定期的班船。
3. Your watch is always slow; it needs to be regulated.
   你的手表总是慢，需要校准一下。
4. Accidents sometimes happen even in the best regulated families.
   即便是在管理最好的家庭，事故有时也会发生的。
5. How to regulate international exchange rates?
   如何来管理国际汇率?
6. They regulate the flow of water by the sluice gate.
   他们用水闸门控制水的流量。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The policeman regulated traffic at the intersection.
   警察在交叉路口指挥交通。
2. He regulated his watch according to the radio.
   他听收音机校准了他的表。
3. This system can regulate the temperature of the room.
   这种系统能调节室内温度。
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4. A person's behavior is often regulated by his circumstances.
   人的行为常受其所处环境的约束。

经典引文

• Mercy must..be regulated by..righteousness.

  出自： J. Gilbert

• He regulated gambling.

  出自： P. Warner

• Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families.

  出自：Proverb

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• regulate a clock 把钟对准
• regulate the expenditure 控制费用
• regulate the food supplies 调节食物供应
• regulate the speed〔the temperature of the room〕 调整速度〔室温〕
• regulate the traffic 管理交通

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自晚期拉丁语的regulatus，意为法治；最初源自拉丁语的regula。

近反义词

【近义词】

• administer
• rule

【反义词】

• deregulate 解除管制