reg·u·late /ˈrɛgjəˌlet/
(vt.)有系統的管理,規定,調節,調整,使整齊
reg·u·late /ˈrɛgjəˌlet/ 及物動詞
規定,調節,調整
Reg·u·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.
The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons.
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. --Bancroft.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To regulate a watch or To regulate a clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
Syn: -- To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern.
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regulate
v 1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: modulate]
2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people
dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regularize,
regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate]
3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine,
shape, mold, influence]
4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle]