control
英[k?n'tr??l]
美[k?n'trol]
- n. 控制；管理；抑制；操縱裝置
- vt. 控制；管理；抑制
英英釋意
- 1. power to direct or determine;
- "under control"
- 2. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another;
- "measures for the control of disease"
- "they instituted controls over drinking on campus"
- 3. (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc;
- "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"
- "he had lost control of his sphincters"
- 4. a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;
- "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw"
- 5. the activity of managing or exerting control over something;
- "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
- 6. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;
- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
- 7. discipline in personal and social activities;
- "he was a model of polite restraint"
- "she never lost control of herself"
- 8. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;
- "a good command of French"
- 9. the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.;
- "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
- 10. a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;
- "the speed control on his turntable was not working properly"
- "I turned the controls over to her"
- 11. a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance