释义 |
Noun: regulating 'regyu`leyting- The act of controlling or directing according to rule
- regulation Verb: regulate 'regyu`leyt- Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
"regulate the temperature" - modulate - Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" - regularize, regularise [Brit], order, govern - Shape or influence; give direction to
- determine, shape, mold [N. Amer], influence, mould [Brit, Cdn] - Check the emission of (sound)
- baffle
See also: regulation, regulator, regulatory Type of: adjust, bound, cause, confine, control, correct, decide, determine, do, limit, make, make up one's mind, restrain, restrict, set, throttle, trammel Antonym: deregulate Encyclopedia: Regulate |