regulate

Word family  noun regulation regulator adjective regulatory verb regulate

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reg·u·late /ˈreɡjəleɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive]  1  RULE/REGULATIONto control an activity or process, especially by rules 〔尤指通过规章〕控制，管理 strict rules regulating the use of chemicals in food 限制化学品在食物中使用的严格规定2  TEMCONTROLto make a machine or your body work at a particular speed, temperature etc 调整，校准，调节 People sweat to regulate their body heat. 人出汗以调节体温。→ See Verb table

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regulate• Make sure a company is officially regulated and authorised before you hand over any of your money.• Sweating helps regulate body temperature.• Above all, they should not be imposed and regulated by a central power.• Their wages had been regulated by act of parliament since 1773 and they were awarded an increase in 1795.• Meat and poultry are regulated by the Agriculture Department.• But he is vague about how to enforce this; essentially he would trust the industry to regulate itself.• The drug helps to regulate Ryan's heartbeat.• A hand-operate switch is used to regulate the gas flow.• And if accountants are not to be commercial, who is it who will regulate their fees, incomes and salaries?• Industrial labour was at last being regulated, water supplies purified, hospitals sanitised and prisons reformed.From Longman Business Dictionaryregulatereg‧u‧late /ˈregjəleɪt/ verb [transitive]LAW to check that business activities, financial activities etc are legal and fairThe Personal Investment Authority regulates the selling of ISAs to the public.Many futures exchanges are closely regulated.The City has so far failed to regulate itself effectively. → compare deregulate→ See Verb tableOrigin regulate (1400-1500) Late Latin past participle of regulare, from Latin regula; → REGULAR1

reg·u·late verbChineseSyllable  

Business activity or Corpus especially process, to control an

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reg‧u‧late AC /ˈreɡjəleɪt, ˈreɡjʊleɪt/ verb [transitive]1. to control an activity or process, especially by rules:
    strict rules regulating the use of chemicals in food
2. to make a machine or your body work at a particular speed, temperature etc:
    People sweat to regulate their body heat.

regu·late AW BrE /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they regulate BrE /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it regulates BrE /ˈreɡjuleɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreɡjuleɪts/ 🔊past simple regulated BrE /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle regulated BrE /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form regulating BrE /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to control sth by means of rules （用规则条例）约束，控制，管理◆The activities of credit companies are regulated by law. 信贷公司的业务受法律的制约。🔊🔊◆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。🔊🔊 [transitive] ~ sth 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。🔊🔊