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 regulator ['rɛgjə`letɚ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 调整者, 校准者, 校准器, 调整器, 标准钟

[化] 调节剂; 调节器

[医] 调节器




    regulator
    [ noun ]
    1. any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.

    2. <noun.artifact>
    3. an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest

    4. <noun.person>
    5. a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

    6. <noun.artifact>


    Regulator \Reg"u*la`tor\ (-l?`t?r), n.
    1. One who, or that which, regulates.

    2. (Mach.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling
    motion, as:
    (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the
    effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates
    the vibrations of the balance.
    (b) The governor of a steam engine.
    (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the
    steam chest, in a locomotive.

    3. A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct
    time. See {Astronomical clock}
    (a), under {Clock}.

    4. A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the
    lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent
    crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the
    comission of violent crimes. [U.S.]

    A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the
    Regulators. --Bancroft.

    1. Workers were not required to use the regulator, since mining in the section had been completed on Sept. 6, and the four workers who died in the area of high methane concentration were dismantling a longwall mining machine, Smith said.
    2. However, the president also proposed making Wall head of the new Office of Thrift Supervision in the Treasury Department that is to replace the Home Loan Bank Board as the industry's chief regulator.
    3. He also appoints the franchise director, rail regulator and the chairman of Railtrack.
    4. Ventures in process engineering and water supply overseas could help sustain dividend growth if the regulator gets tough.
    5. A federal regulator told the Senate Ethics Committee today that he believed Arizona Sen. Dennis DEConcini crossed the bounds of propriety in trying to help savings and loan owner Charles Keating Jr.
    6. Yesterday's report from Mr Ian Byatt, the UK water regulator, estimates that water bills could rise as much as 50 per cent in real terms by the end of the century - and double by the year 2005.
    7. The government is examining $328,000 in political donations by the chairman of a failed Florida thrift, while a top regulator says the institution's failure could rival the $2.5 billion collapse of Lincoln Savings and Loan Association.
    8. M. Danny Wall's resignation Monday as the nation's chief thrift regulator came as no surprise in Texas, where much of the industry's problems have been centered.
    9. Anglian's dividend reflects inflation and a real increase agreed with the regulator at the time of privatisation.
    10. The administration wants a professional regulator to head the Office of Thrift Supervision, rather than an appointee whose chief qualifications are political connections, according to an industry source, who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity.
    11. He said he opposed the move, but Jim Boland, chief of staff to Gray's successor as chief regulator, M. Danny Wall, cited political considerations in justifying the transfer.
    12. Smith New Court was 3 lighter at 85p. Nervous trading was seen in the water stocks, ahead of Thursday's publication of a consultative paper on the cost of quality, by the industry regulator.
    13. His investigation of the Lincoln debacle forced top thrift regulator M. Danny Wall, a Reagan administration appointee, to announce his resignation.
    14. For many years long distance rates have subsidised local rates. But the CRTC, the federal regulator, said Bell did not need the increases to retain 'financial integrity'.
    15. Mr Don Cruickshank, the UK telecoms regulator, yesterday ticked Mercury Communications off for being shrill.
    16. The regulator has to maintain the momentum of change by opening the floodgates of competition, while ensuring the lights stay on. Since last autumn, Prof Littlechild has issued a string of pronouncements and decisions, many of them dozens of pages long.
    17. "I think this administration still has the opportunity to distance itself from this problem," said attorney John Hawke, a former Federal Reserve regulator now in private practice.
    18. Seidman refrained from directly criticizing M. Danny Wall, the top U.S. thrift regulator.
    19. Currently, it is not very clear how or why each regulator views evidence, weighs the arguments, or comes to decisions.
    20. He will consider complaints against member firms of the new investment regulator.
    21. But the regulator was happy to promote gas-fired generation in the name of wider competition.
    22. The transaction is subject shareholder and regulator approval.
    23. But Sid still had to contend with Clare Spottiswoode, the gas industry regulator - and the news from her this week was not good. Under the liberalisation plan, British Gas is supposed to hive off its network of pipelines and storage into a separate unit.
    24. The company would not say how many clients were involved. In a written statement, managing director John Williams said: 'We are naturally concerned about being censured by our regulator - it is a serious matter.'
    25. Nor, given the pressure on other utilities, will it be sufficient to protect the RECs from greater scrutiny by their own regulator.
    26. The government took many of the ideas on board in its white paper but watered down the power and independence of the regulator.
    27. Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee sharply criticized President Bush's nominee for top savings and loan regulator Wednesday, charging inexperience and conflicts of interest.
    28. The EPA estimates that from 5 percent to 15 percent of the U.S. apple crop is treated with Alar, a growth regulator that improves the apple's appearance and gives it a longer shelf life.
    29. Average water bills in houses with water meters will fall by 1 per cent to Pounds 97 in the year 1994-95, according to Ofwat, the water industry regulator.
    30. Pension contracts are being sold on growth rates allowed by Lautro, the regulator for the insurance industry, but Noble believes these estimates are too optimistic.
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