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regulation

/reg-yuh-ley-shuhn/US // ˌrɛg yəˈleɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən) //

监管,规章制度,规定,条例

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
    • : the act of regulating or the state of being regulated.
    • : Machinery. the percentage difference in some quantity related to the operation of an apparatus or machine, as the voltage output of a transformer or the speed of a motor, between the value of the quantity at no-load operation and its value at full-load operation.
    • : Electronics. the difference between maximum and minimum voltage drops between the anode and the cathode of a gas tube for a specified range of values of the anode current.
    • : Sports. the normal, prescribed duration of a game according to the sport's regulations, exclusive of any extra innings, overtime period, etc.: The Knicks tied the score in the final seconds of regulation, sending the game into overtime.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : prescribed by or conforming to regulation: regulation army equipment.
    • : usual; normal; customary: the regulation decorations for a Halloween party.

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Examples

  • Layers upon layers of regulations may seem like bureaucracy.

  • If everything has to be coordinated by the minute, you need clear rules and regulations.

  • Though the regulations around them are still somewhat piecemeal, drones have seen a steady uptick in practical use cases over the last couple years.

  • Under the Clean Air Act, industrial facilities emitting these pollutants are subject to regulations.

  • The most important thing it did for me is to not think of regulation just as a tool that will help in limiting these systems.

  • In other words, unnecessarily stringent abortion regulation could be far more dangerous than abortion itself.

  • Others fear that giving them the force of regulation could be more harmful because they would become outdated quickly.

  • Gun regulation, of course, was not the only successful initiative, not by a long shot.

  • The resulting negotiation, they hope, would gut the EPA regulation.

  • Many people simply take it for granted that government regulation achieves its intended ends.

  • His presence, also, always graced Walls End Castle at the regulation periods.

  • The regulation chairs and tables of the furnished house had been banished from Mrs. Haggard's drawing-room.

  • Well, we must try our luck with a regulation sabre; they can't well refuse it; ours is the stronger and bigger man.

  • His smooth brow wrinkled and his mouth tightened to a thin straight line beneath the fair "regulation" moustache.

  • Doing so, I received a different sort of salute from that to which a Commander-in-Chief landing on duty is entitled by regulation.