喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ˈreɡjələtɔːri/ · /ˌreɡjuˈleɪtəri/監管的

    正式Used to describe a group or set of rules that has the official power to control an activity and make sure it is done in a proper, safe way.

    示範例句 · Example

    New medicines must be approved by a regulatory authority before people can buy them.

    逐字新的藥品在人們可以買到之前，必須被一個監管機構核准。

    regulatory 幾乎都放在名詞前面，像 regulatory body（監管機構）、regulatory approval（法規核准）。它可以想成是從動詞 regulate（規範、管控）長出來的形容詞，重點在「有官方權力去訂規則、再檢查有沒有照做」。多用在商業、法律、新聞這種正式場合。

    常見搭配

    • regulatory body / authority / agency

      監管機構

      an official group with the power to control an activity

      An independent regulatory body monitors all the operators.

    • regulatory approval

      法規核准

      official permission from a controlling authority

      The merger is still waiting for regulatory approval.

    • regulatory framework

      法規架構

      the whole set of official rules for an area

      The new law set up a clear regulatory framework.

    • regulatory requirements

      法規要求

      the official rules that must be met

      The factory now meets all the regulatory requirements.

core核心畫面

Picture an official body or set of rules standing over an activity like a straight measuring edge — holding everyone up against it and keeping them in line, so things get done properly and safely.

可以想成一套官方的規則、或一個有權管事的機構，像一把量尺、一條準繩立在某個行業旁邊，把大家對齊、拉直，讓事情照規矩、安全地進行。

From the word’s history

Regulatory goes back to Latin regula 'a rule, a straight measuring rod', from a root meaning 'to move in a straight line' — the picture is of a straight edge you hold things up against to keep them in line.

regulatory 可以追到拉丁文 regula，本意是「規尺、量東西用的直木條」，再往上是「走直線」的意思；所以核心畫面是一把準繩——拿它來對照，把東西拉直、擺正，這正是「監管」的底色。

etymonline.com/word/regulate（Latin regula 'rule, straight piece of wood'）

同家族的字

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

regulatoryadj/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/

  • 1

    Of or pertaining to regulation.

    • Since the accident, Cranfield Airport Air Navigation Service has issued supplementary instruction CIMS-CF-ATC-001-SI 02/21 regarding the impounding of recordings. This exceeds the current CAA regulatory requirement and will result in all video recorded by this digital tower being retained after an accident or serious incident, in addition to RTF and radar recordings.
    • In the report, the NIEHS concluded that the scientific evidence linking EMF exposures with health risks is weak and that this finding does not warrant aggressive regulatory concern.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。