| 单词 | deregulate |
| 释义 | deregulate (once / 7346 pages) v Deregulate is a verb that means to take away the rules. When someone deregulates a soccer game, the game could become a muddy wrestling match without any rules to keep things on track. You’ll notice the word regulate at the end of deregulate. Regulate is also a verb, and it means to “control something by rules.” To deregulate something, you take away the rules. If you deregulate a game of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey at your little sister’s birthday party, you could end up with a tail on your face. WORD FAMILYderegulate: deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation+/regulate: deregulate, regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation, regulator, regulatory/regulated: unregulated/regulating: regulatings, self-regulating/regulation: regulations/regulator: regulators USAGE EXAMPLESAustralia was the first to deregulate commercial drones, granting the firm Flirtey the rights to deliver goods in Sydney in 2013. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) His plan is to deregulate where regulations smash enterprises. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) Sweden, which deregulated its taxi sector almost three decades ago, decided last year to look at how to adapt its taxi and ride-sharing regulations. Reuters(Dec 01, 2016) v lift the regulations on Ant|Hyper govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations exempt, free, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to |
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