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Word family  noun control controller adjective controlling controllable ≠ uncontrollable controlled ≠ uncontrolled verb control adverb uncontrollably

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con·trol1 /kənˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun  1  make SB/STH do what you want 控制某人/某物 [uncountable]CONTROL the ability or power to make someone or something do what you want or make something happen in the way you want 掌握，控制，支配 The disease robs you of muscle control. 这种疾病会让你丧失肌肉控制力。control of/over Babies are born with very little control over their movements. 婴儿出生时对自己的肢体运动几乎没有控制能力。 Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. 艺术家希望对自己的作品挂在美术馆的什么地方有些发言权。 She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. 她是个优秀的教师，能够掌握课堂纪律。 Students are encouraged to take control of their own learning, rather than just depending on the teacher. 学生被鼓励要自己安排学习，而不只是依赖老师。n Excessive drinking can make you lose control of your own life. ‘Do you need any help?’ ‘No. It’s under control, thanks.’ “你需要帮忙吗？”“不用，已经搞定了。谢谢。” Dogs are allowed on the trails if they are kept under control. 狗在受到看管的情况下可以在小径上走。 The car spun out of control and hit a tree. 汽车失控打转，撞到了树上。 Flight delays do occur, for reasons that are outside our control. 飞机延误的确会发生，其原因不是我们可以控制的。2  power 权力 [uncountable]CONTROL the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does 统治；管理；管制 The press was freed from political control. 媒体从政治控制下被解放出来了。control of Jordan asked for editorial control of the project. 乔丹要求这个项目的编辑事务由他来负责。in control (of something) Anti-government forces are still in control of the area. 反政府军队仍然控制着该地区。 By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. 到这一年的年底，叛乱分子已经控制了北方地区。 The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. 约翰逊家族对这家公司有实际控制权，拥有近60%的股份。 China gained control of the island in 1683. 中国于1683年获得对该岛的控制权。 His son is being trained to take control of the family business. 他的儿子正在被培养接管家族企业。 The Democrats lost control of Congress in the last election. 民主党在上次选举中失去了对国会的控制权。under the control of somebody The college was under the control of a group of trustees. 这所学院由理事会来管理。 The whole of this area came under Soviet control after World War II. 第二次世界大战后，这整个地区都被苏联控制。 The Conservatives are hoping to regain control of the city council. 保守党希望重新获得对市政会的控制权。3  LIMITway of limiting STH 限制某事的措施 [countable, uncountable] an action, method, or law that limits the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous 〔尤指对危险事物的〕控制，管理，限制，管制 pest control 虫害防治control of the control of inflation 对通货膨胀的抑制control on The authorities imposed strict controls on the movement of cattle. 当局对牛群的运送实行了严格的管理措施。 an agreement on arms control (=control of the amount of weapons a country has) 军备控制协议under control Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. 到晚上9点44分，消防队员把火势控制住了。 Shea used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control. 谢伊通过节食和锻炼来控制自己的体重。 The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control. 联邦储备银行以提高利率来控制通货膨胀。rent/price/wage etc controls Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing. 租金管制确保没有人会付太高的房租。tight/rigid controls (=strict controls) 严格的控制 the introduction of tighter controls on immigration 更严格的移民限制措施的推行 Police used fire hoses and dogs for crowd control. 警察使用了消防水龙和警犬来控制人群。4  ability to stay calm 保持冷静的能力 [uncountable]CONTROL the ability to remain calm even when you feel very angry, upset, or excited 克制，控制（能力） There were sudden tears in his eyes and he paused, fighting for control. 泪水突然涌上眼眶，他停了下来，竭力控制住自己。 Davidson lost control of himself and started yelling. 戴维森情绪失控，开始怒吼起来。 Small children can’t be expected to have the same self-control (=ability to control their emotions and behaviour) as an adult. 不能要求小孩子具备像大人一样的自控力。under control Her voice is under control, but she is almost shaking with anger. 她的声音是克制的，但身体气得几乎在发抖。in control I felt calm and in control. 我是冷静和克制的。5  machine/vehicle 机器/车辆 [countable]TCONTROL the thing that you press or turn to make a machine, vehicle, television etc work 〔机器、车辆、电视等的〕控制[操纵]装置 the TV remote control 电视机遥控器 the volume control on the radio 收音机上的音量控制旋钮 a car with manual controls 带手控装置的汽车at the controls (=controlling a vehicle or aircraft) 操纵；驾驶 Belton, at the controls, made a perfect landing. 贝尔顿操纵飞机完美地降落。6  people who organize an activity 活动组织者 [singular, uncountable]TTATTS the people who direct an activity or who check that something is done correctly, the place where this is done, or the process of doing it 指挥人员，操纵人员；管理处，检查站；操纵，控制 air-traffic control 空中交通调度员 Please stop at passport control. 请在护照检查站停步。 computers used for stock control 用于库存管理的电脑7  scientific test 科学测试 [countable] a) HCOMPAREa person, group etc against which you compare another person or group that is very similar, in order to see if a particular quality is caused by something or happens by chance 〔科学实验的〕控制组；对照[参照]者；对照[参照]组control group/population/sample etc A control group of non-smoking women was compared to four groups of women smokers. 一个不抽烟妇女的对照组和四个抽烟妇女组进行了比较。 b) HJUDGEa thing that you already know the result for that is used in a scientific test, in order to show that your method is working correctly 对照物，参照物 → controlled experiment8  computer 计算机 [singular] (also control key)TD a particular button on a computer that allows you to do certain operations 控制键 Press control and F2 to exit. 按控制键和F2键退出。 → birth control, quality control, remote control

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control• Few people have better ball control than Jordan.• Others suggested that because of its rigid op-position to birth control, the Church had forfeited its credibility in the reproductive debate.• Birth Control Pills and Headache Headaches may rarely occur as a side effect of birth control pills.• The building will include an auction hall, valeting and inspection areas, a wash bay and entry control.• The major area of cooperation is infrastructure, mainly pollution and flood control.• Simmons stopped his battle for control of Lockheed.• Croatian rebels battled for control of Vukovar.• Reynolds struggled for control as he told how much Dinah meant to him.• Who has control of the budget?• She hits the ball harder than Sabatini, but lacks her control.• Helen, ruffled but in control, hurried into the car.• The disease robs you of muscle control.• They seem to have no control over their children.• Heads of department can make some decisions, but the chairman has overall control within the company.• price controls• The truth is, they are as much outside the control of our destiny as we are.• the TV control• The researchers showed cancer develops when the function of oncogenes is disturbed and cells grow without control, the Karolinska Institute said.outside our control• The coming together of sperm and egg represents a moment of surrender to forces outside our control.• The slightest change in the barometer, although it might be due to factors quite outside our control, would correspondingly depress them.regain control of• After a terrifying two minutes the crew overpowered Mukonyi, handcuffed him, and regained control of the jet.• Though he lost his job, he regained control of his life.• He plans to someday regain control of Lewis Oil.• The coroner Nicholas Gardner said the Metro driver's attempts to regain control of her car may have made matters worse.• I found it difficult to regain control of the beast.• All of which sounds a bit fishy -- selling off a chunk of the government to regain control of it?• Its purpose is to allow the patient an opportunity to regain control of intense emotions.• In vain she struggled to regain control of herself, but it was too late.• Captain Fisher parachuted to safety after being unable to regain control of the plane.• If Republicans lose 21 seats, the Democrats will regain control of the House.crowd control• The cop who'd collected her had been a crowd control unit, the full cyborg.• Lancashire introduced extra crowd control measures for the Test and the one-day international.• Nearly 400 road marshals will be involved in crowd control.• He saw the storm-troopers practising karate, crowd control, baton practice and their skills with the knife and knuckleduster.• Second, it gets a head start on the crowd control that the rest of the service will require.• We've hired an extra 200 security people to assist with crowd control.in control• Moore managed to be in control throughout the birth of her child.• Weber's one of those guys who always seems to be in control.• A basket by Basey put Logan High in control.at the controls• The scenario is world war two and you are at the controls of the fictional whirly-bird.• Mrs. Eve Bainbridge at the controls, 1985.• Icarus shown at Farnborough with a dummy at the controls - story above.• Later during the first journey, comedian Jimmy Edwards tried his hand at the controls. 3.• The train, with no one at the controls derailed at 50 miles per hour.• Tabitha got to her feet and pushed Marco aside to peer at the controls.• If a pilot has to come back into the passenger cabin that means one less person at the controls.• Larry Scerri at the controls of the Doane engine test rig, from an R-1830 running.• I had a canteen cup of coffee with me while Riker took his turn at the controls.control group/population/sample etc• The basic experimental form has an experimental group and a control group.• There is an experimental group and a control group with a before and after set of observations. 2.• A group of young people without Saturday jobs, will act as a control group.• The first was the discovery that parasites can control populations and cause them to go in cycles.• Secondly, such studies rarely used any matched control groups.• Studies rarely include a psychiatric control group.• By comparison, only 23 percent of the infants in the control group lived in homes that had suffered recent water damage.• This is where the importance of the control group emerged.control2 ●●● S2 W1 verb (controlled, controlling) [transitive]  1  power 权力GOVERENMENT to have the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does 支配；指挥；管理 The Democrats continued to control the Senate until last year. 民主党继续控制参议院直到去年。 a huge company controlling half the world’s coffee trade 控制全球一半咖啡贸易的一家大公司Labour-/Republican-/Democrat- etc controlled 工党/共和党/民主党等控制的2  limit 限制CONTROL to limit the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous 管制；管束 a chemical used to control weeds 用来控制杂草的一种化学物 an economic plan to control inflation 控制通货膨胀的经济计划 Development in areas of outstanding natural beauty is strictly controlled. 在景色异常优美的自然风景区的开发受到严格的限制。 Strict measures were taken to control the spread of foot and mouth disease. 采取了严格的措施来控制口蹄疫的传播。3  make SB/STH do what you want 让某人/某物做你想要做的事CONTROL to make someone or something do what you want, or make something happen in the way that you want 控制，操纵 Police had to be called in to control the crowds. 只好调来警察控制人群。 a skilled rider controlling a spirited horse 驾驭烈马的一名技巧娴熟的骑手4  emotion 情绪CONTROL if you control your emotions, your voice, your expression etc, you succeed in behaving calmly and sensibly, even though you feel angry, upset, or excited 克制，自制 Sarah took a deep breath, trying to control her anger. 萨拉深吸了一口气，试图控制住自己的愤怒情绪。 He controlled the urge to laugh. 他克制住笑的冲动。control yourself Newman controlled himself with an effort. 纽曼努力克制住了自己。5  machine/process/system 机器/过程/系统CONTROL to make a machine, process, or system work in a particular way 控制；管理 a radio-controlled toy car 无线电控制的玩具汽车 A thermostat controls the temperature in the building. 恒温器控制着这幢大楼的温度。control how/what/which etc The valves in the heart control how quickly the blood is pumped around the body. 心脏瓣膜控制着血液输送到身体各处的速度。6  check STH 检查某物CHECK/MAKE SURE to make sure that something is done correctly 确保，保证 SYN check, monitor The company strictly controls the quality of its products. 这家公司严格控制其产品的质量。 THESAURUScontrol to have power over a country, place, company etc, and decide what happens there 控制〔国家、地方、公司等〕The Democrats controlled the US Congress. 民主党控制着美国国会。Government forces now control the city. 现在政府军控制了这个城市。run to make the important everyday decisions concerning a company, organization, country etc, so that it can continue to operate 经营，管理〔公司、机构、国家等〕He runs a software company in New York. 他在纽约经营一家软件公司。The parents want to run the school themselves. 家长们想要自己管理学校。The government is unfit to run the country. 这个政府没有能力治理国家。nThe charity runs a medical clinic in one of the poorest parts of the city.be in charge of somebody/something to have control over something, or responsibility for a group of people 掌管[负责]某人/某事物She is in charge of training new employees. 她负责培训新员工。I left him in charge of the children while I was out. 我出去的时候让他看管孩子。manage to be in charge of a company, especially one that someone else owns 管理〔公司,尤指别人的公司〕In 1963, she opened a furniture store, and her son has managed it since 1985. 1963年，她开了一个家具店，从1985年开始一直由儿子管理。be in power if a group or leader is in power, they have political control of a country 当政，掌权Abe resigned after less than a year in power. 安倍当政不到一年便辞职了。It was the first time a democratically elected government had been in power. 这是民主选举产生的政府第一次当政。rule if a leader or political group rules a country, they have political control of that country 统治，治理〔国家〕President Assad ruled the country for almost 30 years. 阿萨德总统治理这个国家将近30年。The same party has ruled Japan for many years. 同一政党在日本执政多年。supervise to be in charge of a group of workers or students and make sure that they do their work properly 监督，指导〔工人的工作或学生的功课〕Professor Braude supervised the research team. 布劳德教授指导这个研究小组。He’s supervising the building work. 他在监督建筑施工。→ See Verb table

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control• a radio-controlled car• The export of these devices is strictly controlled.• Insulin controls blood sugar levels in the body.• Many U.S. corporations are controlled by foreign companies.• The nanobots might be controlled by on board molecular microcomputers linked by radio to a base computer.• The area is now controlled by rebels.• Health-care reform is intended to control costs and provide medical care for everyone.• She exercises to control her weight.• Nathan tried to control his crying.• I wish he'd learn to control his temper.• My view of the future is controlling illegal immigration but respecting people who are legally here.• The fire was controlled later Tuesday night.• Republicans controlled more than two-thirds of the Senate.• She was really annoying me, but I managed to control myself and not say anything.• Oloco is a huge company, controlling over half the world's oil trade.• Because homosexuals do not control society, they are more victims than agents of its decay.• She's a good driver and controls the car very well.• Miss Weston is having difficulty controlling the children in that class.• The finance committee controls the club's budget.• The number of lines to the inch controls the coarseness of the final dot formation.• Whereupon those High Masters - the self-proclaimed servants of the Emperor - could control the entire human species galaxy-wide, almost instantaneously.• The desire of Congress to control the expenditure of the indemnity payments had resulted in the failure of the National Bank bill.• A valve controls the flow of water into the main tank.• He was having trouble controlling the heavy truck on the slippery road surface.• If you can't control your dog, you should put it on a leash.• If you can't control your temper, you don't belong in this line of work.control yourself• How could a mere machine control itself?• I knew he was so incensed he couldn't control himself.• If Joe is with me, I turn away and look silently out the window until I manage to control myself.• Only by holding on to the oak bureau did I control myself.• She knew, too, she had to try and reassure the children, and struggled to control herself.• These days, gypsy moth experts are more interested in the various ways the moths control themselves.• Maybe she had been locked in her self-imposed prison for so long that now she was unable to control herself at all.• She controlled herself sternly, forcing her face into a puffy obstinate shape.control how/what/which etc• Zeus brings into existence and controls what he has created.• A formula based on the voting-age population of each state controls how much state party committees and their national counterparts may spend.• Fair was being able to control how she felt.• Patterson controls what should be a frenzy.• Educational authorities can control what subjects are taught, what the textbooks contain, and even what the teachers say and do.• This father of a three-year-old also said parents should control what their children watched - as he did.• Where their partners control what they manage, women can find their attempts to meet health needs and financial commitments thwarted.• It's very difficult then to exercise the same kind of partnership control which traditionally those firms had.From Longman Business Dictionarycontrolcon‧trol1 /kənˈtrəʊl-ˈtroʊl/ noun1[countable] an action taken to make sure that something does not increase too muchDevaluations were combined with wage and price controls and reductions in state spending.Private rented accommodation has been freed of rent controls, taking it beyond the reach of the young homeless. → budgetary control → cost control → credit control → exchange control → import control → inventory control → management control → materials control → production control → quality control → stock control2[uncountable]FINANCE if someone has control of shares in a company, they own themKrupp said it had control of other blocks of Hoesch shares.3[uncountable]FINANCE if someone has control of a company, they own more than half its shares, or enough shares to be able to decide how the company is managedCFS and Mr Vernes were battling for control of the Victoire insurance group.Publicis purchased a little over 50% of Inovasi to gain control.India is to sell stakes in state-owned companies to overseas investors while retaining majority control. → creeping control4[singular]COMPUTING (also control key) a button on a computer that allows you to do operations when used with another buttonPress control D to delete text.controlcontrol2 verb (controlled, controlling) [transitive]1to have the power to make someone or something do what you wantU.S. offices of foreign banks now control roughly a quarter of U.S. banking assets.The government controls the production and distribution of all national newspapers.2to limit something or prevent it from increasing too muchTo help control costs, the company cut salaries by between 2% and 25% last month.Romania will control skyrocketing food prices by setting ceilings for items such as meat.new measures to control inflation3to check that something is as it should beCheckers control the quality of products as they come off the production line.4FINANCE to own sharesMr Kahn now controls 854,236 common shares, or about 40% of Mercury’s stock.5FINANCE to own more than half the shares of a company, or enough shares to decide how the company should be managedThe Agnelli family controls the car group through a variety of holding companies.6MARKETING if a company or product controls a particular part of a market, its products account for a large amount of the sales in that marketDe Beers controls 80% of the rough, uncut diamond market.→ See Verb tableOrigin control2 (1400-1500) Anglo-French contreroller “to keep a copy of an official document in rolled-up form”, from Medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus “copy of a roll”, from Latin contra- ( → CONTRA-) + rotulus “roll”

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con‧trol¹ S1 W1 /kənˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ noun1.  MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING DO WHAT YOU WANT  [uncountable] the ability or power to make someone or something do what you want or make something happen in the way you want:
    The disease robs you of muscle control.
    control of/over
    Babies are born with very little control over their movements.
    Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery.
    She’s a good teacher who has control of her class.
    Students are encouraged to take control of their own learning, rather than just depending on the teacher.
    Excessive drinking can make you lose control of your own life.
    ‘Do you need any help?’ ‘No. It’s under control, thanks.’
    Dogs are allowed on the trails if they are kept under control.
    The car spun out of control and hit a tree.
    Flight delays do occur, for reasons that are outside our control.
2.  POWER  [uncountable] the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does:
    The press was freed from political control.
    control of
    Jordan asked for editorial control of the project.
    in control (of something)
    Anti-government forces are still in control of the area.
    By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories.
    The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares.
    China gained control of the island in 1683.
    His son is being trained to take control of the family business.
    The Democrats lost control of Congress in the last election.
    under the control of somebody
    The college was under the control of a group of trustees.
    The whole of this area came under Soviet control after World War II.
    The Conservatives are hoping to regain control of the city council.
3.  WAY OF LIMITING SOMETHING  [uncountable and countable] an action, method, or law that limits the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous:
    pest control
    control of
    the control of inflation
    control on
    The authorities imposed strict controls on the movement of cattle.
    an agreement on arms control (=control of the amount of weapons a country has)
    under control
    Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m.
    Shea used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control.
    The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control.
    rent/price/wage etc controls
    Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing.
    tight/rigid controls (=strict controls)
    the introduction of tighter controls on immigration
    Police used fire hoses and dogs for crowd control.
4.  ABILITY TO STAY CALM  [uncountable] the ability to remain calm even when you feel very angry, upset, or excited:
    There were sudden tears in his eyes and he paused, fighting for control.
    Davidson lost control of himself and started yelling.
    Small children can’t be expected to have the same self-control (=ability to control their emotions and behaviour) as an adult.
    under control
    Her voice is under control, but she is almost shaking with anger.
    in control
    I felt calm and in control.
5.  MACHINE/VEHICLE  [countable] the thing that you press or turn to make a machine, vehicle, television etc work:
    the TV remote control
    the volume control on the radio
    a car with manual controls
    at the controls (=controlling a vehicle or aircraft)
    Belton, at the controls, made a perfect landing.
6.  PEOPLE WHO ORGANIZE AN ACTIVITY  [singular, uncountable] the people who direct an activity or who check that something is done correctly, the place where this is done, or the process of doing it:
    air-traffic control
    Please stop at passport control.
    computers used for stock control
7.  SCIENTIFIC TEST  [countable]
  a. a person, group etc against which you compare another person or group that is very similar, in order to see if a particular quality is caused by something or happens by chance
    control group/population/sample etc
    A control group of non-smoking women was compared to four groups of women smokers.
  b. a thing that you already know the result for that is used in a scientific test, in order to show that your method is working correctly ⇨ controlled experiment
8.  COMPUTER  [singular] (also control key) a particular button on a computer that allows you to do certain operations:
    Press control and F2 to exit.
⇨ birth control, quality control, remote control

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control² S2 W1 verb (past tense and past participle controlled, present participle controlling) [transitive]1.  POWER to have the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does:
    The Democrats continued to control the Senate until last year.
    a huge company controlling half the world’s coffee trade
    Labour-/Republican-/Democrat- etc controlled
2.  LIMIT to limit the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous:
    a chemical used to control weeds
    an economic plan to control inflation
    Development in areas of outstanding natural beauty is strictly controlled.
    Strict measures were taken to control the spread of foot and mouth disease.
3.  MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING DO WHAT YOU WANT to make someone or something do what you want, or make something happen in the way that you want:
    Police had to be called in to control the crowds.
    a skilled rider controlling a spirited horse
4.  EMOTION if you control your emotions, your voice, your expression etc, you succeed in behaving calmly and sensibly, even though you feel angry, upset, or excited:
    Sarah took a deep breath, trying to control her anger.
    He controlled the urge to laugh.
    control yourself
    Newman controlled himself with an effort.
5.  MACHINE/PROCESS/SYSTEM to make a machine, process, or system work in a particular way:
    a radio-controlled toy car
    A thermostat controls the temperature in the building.
    control how/what/which etc
    The valves in the heart control how quickly the blood is pumped around the body.
6.  CHECK SOMETHING to make sure that something is done correctly
   SYN  check, monitor:
    The company strictly controls the quality of its products.
     

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   ▪ control to have power over a country, place, company etc, and decide what happens there: The Democrats controlled the US Congress. | Government forces now control the city.
   ▪ run to make the important everyday decisions concerning a company, organization, country etc, so that it can continue to operate: He runs a software company in New York. | The parents want to run the school themselves. | The government is unfit to run the country. | The charity runs a medical clinic in one of the poorest parts of the city.
   ▪ be in charge of somebody/something to have control over something, or responsibility for a group of people: She is in charge of training new employees. | I left him in charge of the children while I was out.
   ▪ manage to be in charge of a company, especially one that someone else owns: In 1963, she opened a furniture store, and her son has managed it since 1985.
   ▪ be in power if a group or leader is in power, they have political control of a country: Abe resigned after less than a year in power. | It was the first time a democratically elected government had been in power.
   ▪ rule if a leader or political group rules a country, they have political control of that country: President Assad ruled the country for almost 30 years. | The same party has ruled Japan for many years.
   ▪ supervise to be in charge of a group of workers or students and make sure that they do their work properly: Professor Braude supervised the research team. | He’s supervising the building work.