reg·u·late
verb/ˈreɡjuleɪt/
/ˈreɡjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they regulate | /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it regulates | /ˈreɡjuleɪts/ /ˈreɡjuleɪts/ |
| past simple regulated | /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle regulated | /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form regulating | /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [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.
只要严格监管，政府原则上接受捕鲸活动。 - 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 obligationb2- Tobacco 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.
曾多次尝试规范工作条件，但均未成功。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- heavily
- strictly
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- be designed to
- …
- an attempt to regulate something
- regulated by law
- regulated by statute
- …
- The department is responsible for regulating the insurance industry.
- [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） - This valve regulates the flow of water.
这个阀门调节水流。
- This valve regulates the flow of water.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.