名词

1. 规则;规章;规定;制度
Regulations are rules made by a government or other authority in order to control the way something is done or the way people behave.

2. (常指通过规章制度进行的)调控，管理，控制
Regulation is the controlling of an activity or process, usually by means of rules.

1. the act of controlling or directing according to rule

e.g. fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians

Synonym: regulating

2. the act of bringing to uniformity
making regular

Synonym: regularizationregularisation

3. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

e.g. it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
short haircuts were the regulation

Synonym: rule

4. an authoritative rule

Synonym: ordinance

5. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

6. the state of being controlled or governed