| 单词 | regulatory |
| 释义 | regulatory (once / 1255 pages) adj Regulatory describes something that holds you to the rules. Detention is regulatory, as are other kinds of punishments. When your mom tells you not to run in the house, she’s being regulatory. You’ll notice most of the word regulate is in regulatory. That’s because when something is regulatory, it’s regulated. You also might be reminded of the word regular. Things that are regulatory, like being forced to stay in for recess, are intended to keep things regular — no breaking rules, no breaking laws, no breaking at all. Things that are regulatory are meant to keep you from falling out of line. WORD FAMILYregulate: deregulate, regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation, regulator, regulatory+/deregulate: deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation/regulated: unregulated/regulating: regulatings, self-regulating/regulation: regulations/regulator: regulators USAGE EXAMPLESThe club’s bar will need government approvals to serve alcohol, not to mention other regulatory issues. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The only regulatory mechanism is the insistence that all participation is voluntary, and all experience is reciprocal. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission included the finding in its draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, released Friday. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) adj restricting according to rules or principles a regulatory gene Syn regulative restrictive serving to restrict |
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