新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

controlIELTS重点词汇

英 [kənˈtrəʊl]

[NOUN, VERB]

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NOUN. 名词

controls
1. [U 不可数名词] （对某组织机构的）控制
Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
近义词
power , command
双语例句
例：
The restructuring involves Mr. Ronson giving up control of the company.
公司重组需要罗森先生放弃对公司的控制。
例：
The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory.
他的政府的首要目标是确立对该共和国领土的控制权。
2. [U 不可数名词] （对某物或某人的）控制
If you have control of something or someone, you are able to make them do what you want them to do.
双语例句
例：
He lost control of his car.
他的车失控了。
例：
Some teachers have more control over pupils than their parents have.
有些老师比小学生的父母们更能管住他们。
3. [U 不可数名词] （对愤怒情绪等的）克制
If you show control, you prevent yourself behaving in an angry or emotional way.
双语例句
例：
He had a terrible temper, and sometimes he would completely lose control.
他脾气暴躁，有时会完全失控。
4. [C 可数名词] 控制装置
A control is a device such as a switch or lever which you use in order to operate a machine or other piece of equipment.
双语例句
例：
I practised operating the controls.
我练习过操作这些控制装置。
5. [U 不可数名词] 管制
Control of prices, wages, or the activity of a particular group is the act by a government of using its power to restrict them.
双语例句
例：
Control of inflation remains the government's absolute priority.
控制通货膨胀仍然是政府的第一要务。
6. [C, U 有变体名词] （政府的）调控
Controls are the methods that a government uses to restrict increases, for example in prices, wages, or weapons.
双语例句
例：
Critics question whether price controls would do any good.
批评家们质疑物价调控是否有利。
7. [C, U 有变体名词] 海关检查处
Control is used to refer to a place where your documents or luggage are officially checked when you enter a foreign country.
双语例句
例：
He went straight through Passport Control without incident.
他顺利通过了护照检查。

PHRASE. 习语

in control
1. 掌管
If you are in control of something, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way it is run.
双语例句
例：
Nobody knows who is in control of the club.
没有人知道是谁掌管这个俱乐部。
under someone's control
1. 处于…控制之下
If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
双语例句
例：
All the newspapers are under government control.
所有的报纸都处在政府控制之下。
out of control
1. 失控
If something is out of control, no one has any power over it.
双语例句
例：
The fire is burning out of control.
火势失控。
under control
1. 处在控制之下
If something harmful is under control, it is being dealt with successfully and is unlikely to cause any more harm.
双语例句
例：
The situation is under control.
局面得到了控制。

VERB. 动词

controls , controlling , controlled
1. [T 及物动词] 管理
The people who control an organization or place have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
近义词
manage , direct
双语例句
例：
He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California.
他现在管理着加利福尼亚南部最大的零售业帝国。
例：
Almost all of the countries in Latin America were controlled by dictators.
那时几乎所有的拉丁美洲国家都由独裁者统治。
例：
Minebea sold its controlling interest in both firms.
美蓓亚集团出售了其对两家公司的控股权。
2. [T 及物动词] 控制（设备系统等）
To control a piece of equipment, process, or system means to make it work in the way that you want it to work.
双语例句
例：
a computerized system to control the gates.
一个控制大门的计算机系统。
例：
Scientists would soon be able to manipulate human genes to control the aging process.
科学家将很快能够通过操控人类基因来控制衰老的过程。
3. [T 及物动词] （政府）管制（价格、工资、团体活动等）
When a government controls prices, wages, or the activity of a particular group, it uses its power to restrict them.
双语例句
例：
The federal government tried to control rising health-care costs.
联邦政府努力控制不断上涨的卫生保健费用。
4. [T 及物动词] 抑制（感情、声音、表情）
If you control yourself, or if you control your feelings, voice, or expression, you make yourself behave calmly even though you are feeling angry, excited, or upset.
近义词
restrain
双语例句
例：
Jo was advised to learn to control herself.
人们建议乔要学会控制自己的情绪。
5. [T 及物动词] 抑制（危险物）
To control something dangerous means to prevent it from becoming worse or from spreading.
双语例句
例：
the need to control environmental pollution.
控制环境污染的必要性。