regulates
規制する
解説 Definition
regulates は regulate(規制する、調整する)の三人称単数現在形です。法律や規則で管理する場合や、量・速度・温度などを一定に保つ場合に使われます。
Regulates is the third-person singular present form of regulate. It means that a law, authority, or mechanism controls an activity or adjusts a quantity such as temperature or speed according to rules, limits, or a desired level.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 regulate に三人称単数現在の -s を付けた形で、主語が the law、this device、a city office など単数のときに使います。発音は語末が /s/ ではなく /z/ です。regula「定規・規則」の「基準に沿わせる」イメージから、販売を規則で管理する場合と、温度や速度を一定範囲に調整する場合を一緒に覚えます。
Start with regulate, meaning to bring something under rules or keep it near a required level. Add -s when the present-tense subject is singular: the law regulates sales, or the device regulates temperature. The ending is pronounced /z/. Link both major uses through one image: keeping something within proper boundaries. A government body does this through laws and restrictions, while a machine does it by adjusting heat, pressure, or speed. Unlike prohibits, regulates does not necessarily stop an activity completely; it may allow it while controlling how it occurs.
例文
The law regulates the sale of chemicals.
その法律は化学物質の販売を規制しています。
This device regulates the room temperature.
この装置は室温を調整します。
A city office regulates parking in the busy area.
市の事務所が混雑した地域の駐車を規制しています。
regulates の類義語・関連語
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regulates の語源・成り立ち Etymology
regulates は regulate「規則で整える」の形で、regul- はラテン語 regula「定規、規則」に由来します。さらに regula は regere「まっすぐ導く」から来ており、「線を正す」感覚が「規制する」へ発展しました。関連語は regular, rule。
Regulates consists of regulate plus the third-person singular present ending -s. Regulate comes from Late Latin regulare, “to direct by a rule,” based on Latin regula, “straight stick, ruler, or rule.” Regula is related to regere, “to guide or direct.” The physical image of keeping something straight according to a ruler developed into the broader ideas of governing conduct and maintaining a process at a controlled level.
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