regulate
regulate 英 [ˈregjuleɪt] 美 [ˈrɛɡjəˌlet]
vt. 调节，规定；控制；校准；有系统地管理
进行时:regulating 过去式:regulated 过去分词:regulated 第三人称单数:regulates
- The on-off spigot regulates the flow of water into your bathtub. When a government regulates an industry, they set standards the industry must follow. To regulate means to impose control.
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- vt. 调节，规定；控制；校准；有系统地管理
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1. By that analogy, we ought to regulate it.
以此类推，我们应当控制它的使用。
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2. We must try our best to regulate our expenditure.
我们必须尽力控制开支。
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3. Not only do they provide goods and livelihoods but they also protect soils, regulate water and absorb carbon.
它们不仅提供商品和生计，而且还保护土壤，调节水分和吸收二氧化碳。
- regulate (v.) early 15c., "adjust by rule, control," from Late Latin regulatus, past participle of regulare "to control by rule, direct," from Latin regula "rule, straight piece of wood," from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line," thus "to lead, rule." Meaning "to govern by restriction" is from 1620s. Related: Regulated; regulating.
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