regulate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dictate policy.
  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
    — the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons
  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
  4. To put or maintain in order.
    — to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances

词形变化

regulates present,singular,third-person regulating participle,present regulated participle,past regulated past

词汇关系

衍生词
autoregulate coregulate coregulating counterregulate crossregulate deregulate downregulate dysregulate hyperregulate hyporegulate immunoregulate immunoregulating interregulate irregulate mechanoregulate microregulate misregulate myoregulin nonregulating osmoregulate overregulate phosphoregulate photoregulate regulatability regulatable regulative regulon reregulate reregulation retroregulate self-regulate self-regulating thermoregulate transregulate underregulate unregulate upregulate
相关词
rule ruler regular regulation regulator

词源

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian.
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