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 regulative
 (a.)調整的,調節的,取締的

 reg·u·la·tive /ˈrɛgjəˌletɪv, lətəv/ 形容詞
 調整的,調節的

 Reg·u·la·tive a.
 1. Tending to regulate; regulating.
 2. Metaph. Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty.
 Note: ☞ These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.
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 regulative
      adj : restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory
            gene" [syn: regulatory]