- 1/ˈreɡjəleɪt/ · /ˈreɡjʊleɪt/管制、規範（法規上）；調節（機械或身體上）
正式To control something so it works correctly, safely, or fairly. A government "regulates" an industry by making rules companies must follow, like safety rules for food or factories. The word is also used for keeping something steady or in the body — a thermostat regulates temperature, and your own body regulates its temperature by sweating or .
示範例句 · Example
Strict rules regulate the use of chemicals in food.
中文翻譯嚴格的規則規範化學物質在食物裡的使用。
常見搭配
strictly regulated
受嚴格管制
controlled by rules that are hard and firm
Medicines are strictly regulated in every country.
regulate the industry
監管產業
to make and enforce rules for a whole business area
A new office was set up to regulate the industry.
regulate itself
自律、自我監管
to make and follow its own rules without outside control
Newspapers have long argued that they should regulate themselves.
regulated by law
由法律規範
controlled by official rules made by a government
Working hours for young people are regulated by law.
From the word’s history
Borrowed from Latin regulatus, from regulō 'to direct, rule', from regula 'rule'.
借自拉丁文 regulatus，來自 regula「規則」。
組成From Latin "regula," meaning a rule or a straight stick.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
regulateverb/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
- 1
To dictate policy.
- 2
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- 3
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- 4
To put or maintain in order.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
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