control
verb[T]
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/-ll-B1
toorder,limit, orrulesomething, or someone'sactionsorbehaviour:
命令;控制;管制;克制If you can't controlyourdog, put it on alead!要是你管不住你的狗,就给它拴上皮带!
You're going to have tolearnto controlyourtemper.你必须学会控制住自己的脾气。
Thetemperatureis controlled by athermostat.温度由恒温器控制。
Thelawscontrollingdrugsare verystrictin thiscountry.该国管制药物的法律十分严格。
Thegovernmentistryingto controlspending.政府一直在努力控制开支。
- Policeinriotgeararrivedto control theprotesters.
- Thefilmwas about anevilgeniuswhowantedto control theworld.
- Our new teacher's abitof ajoke- he can'tevencontrol theclass.
- Firefighters took twohoursto control theblaze.
- Thefinancecommitteecontrols the school'sbudget.
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- cynical
- dictate
- guiding principle
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- override
- plenipotentiary
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- skipper
Idiom
control the boards
control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/controlnoun(POWER)
B2[CorU]
theactof controlling something or someone, or thepowerto do this:
掌握;控制(权);克制(力);支配(权)She doesn't have any controloverthatchild- it'sembarrassing.她管不了那孩子——这太尴尬了。
Hewantsthegovernmenttoimposestrictcontrolsondogownership.他希望政府严格控制养狗。
Thedictatortookcontrolofthecountryin 1933.那个独裁者于1933年控制了该国。
Hefelthe waslosingcontrolofevents.他感到自己逐渐失去了对事件的控制力。
You need tostayincontrolofyouremotions.你需要控制住自己的情感。
Thecarskiddedandwent out ofcontrol,crashinginto anoncomingtruck.汽车打滑后失去控制,撞上了迎面驶来的卡车。
There was nothing we could do about it - thesituationwasout of/beyond/outsideourcontrol.对此我们无能为力——事态已失控。
Shecriticizedthe police'smethodsofcrowdcontrol.她批评了警方控制人群的方法。
Synonyms
check(LIMIT)
constraint
curb(CONTROL)
curtailment
limit
limitation
restraint
restriction
under control
B2
beingdealtwith orlimitedsuccessfully:
得到控制;在控制中Itseemsthat thediseaseis now under control.看来疾病现在得到了控制。
- Thearmytook control of thecityafter the president'sfallfrompower.
- Wekeepatightcontrol on the organization'sfinances.
- Theterroristsassumedcontrol of theplaneandforcedit tolandin thedesert.
- Thecarwent out of control andplungedover thecliff.
- Troopsyesterdayseizedcontrol of thebroadcastingstation.
Power to control
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
- big beast
- buysomethingin
- cradle
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- hegemony
- implant
- influence
- ingrain
- leverage
- power vacuum
- predominance
- puissance
- pull
- redetermination
- sway
- tooth
controlnoun(SWITCH)
B2[C]
aswitchor otherdeviceused tooperateamachinesuch as avehicle:
(机器的)控制按钮,操纵装置Themaininstrumentsare in thecentreof the controlpanel.主要仪器安放在控制板的中心。
CaptainFirthsatat thecontrolsoftheaircraft.弗思机长坐在飞机操纵台前。
[Cusually singular](alsocontrol key);(written abbreviationCtrl)
akeyon acomputerkeyboardthat youpressat the sametimeas otherkeysto make thekeyboardoperatein aparticularway:
(计算机键盘上的)控制键Press andholddown the controlkeywhile youpress9.按9的同时按下控制键。
IpressedControlAltDelete but nothinghappened.我同时按下了 Control,Alt 和 Delete 键,可是一点反应也没有。
Electrical switches & connections
- clicker
- coaxial
- corded
- dimmer
- dimmer switch
- junction box
- national grid
- outlet
- override
- patch
- pause
- plug
- plug(something)in/plug(something)intosomething
- plug-in
- powerbank
- putsomethingon
- spark plug
- switchboard
- terminal
- wire
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Computer hardware
controlnoun(IN AN EXPERIMENT)
[C]sciencespecialized
in anexperiment, anobjectorsystemthat is notchangedso that you cancompareit withsimilarobjectsorsystemsthat areintentionallychanged
(实验中的)对照物,对照系统Keeping and staying the same
- anti-progressive
- calcification
- calcify
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- insensitivity
- invariant
- inveteracy
- leave well aloneidiom
- left
- peg
- stability
- stabilization
- stabilize
- stably
- stay
- wallow
- wallow insomething
- wouldn't have it any other wayidiom