Control

(noun.) the activity of managing or exerting control over something; 'the control of the mob by the police was admirable'.

(noun.) (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; 'the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired'; 'he had lost control of his sphincters'.

(noun.) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; 'the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly'; 'I turned the controls over to her'.

(noun.) power to direct or determine; 'under control'.

(noun.) the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; 'they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls'.

(noun.) a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance.

(noun.) a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; 'measures for the control of disease'; 'they instituted controls over drinking on campus'.

(verb.) exercise authoritative control or power over; 'control the budget'; 'Command the military forces'.

(verb.) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; 'moderate your alcohol intake'; 'hold your tongue'; 'hold your temper'; 'control your anger'.

(verb.) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; 'Are you controlling for the temperature?'.

(verb.) verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; 'control an account'.

整理:怀亚特

• I almost dread to-morrow--so much depends on my discretion and self-control. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Indisputably, Mr. Home owned manly self-control, however he might secretly feel on some matters. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Then came improved weighted and other safety valves to regulate and control this pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A wife, for example, had no control over her own property; she was in her husband's hands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If the woman's fierce temper once got beyond her control, and once flamed out on me, she might yet say the words which would put the clue in my hands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'if I am to render myself intelligible to this gentleman, I must beg you to control your feelings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• By turning the wheel any type can be brought to the front, and a stationary guide controls its descent as it makes the impression. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The artist does that: he controls his medium so that we come most readily to the heart of his intention. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The wheel W controls the supply of current to the press-magnet, and the wheel W' to the type-magnet. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There are controls where they ask for your papers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Knowledge, already attained knowledge, controls thinking and makes it fruitful. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• When you see how business controls politics, it certainly is not very illuminating to call the successful business men of a nation criminals. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They were like students flying a machine with dual controls which the pilot could take over whenever they made a mistake. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• She controlled herself nobly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The pendulum of the controlling clock, in swinging to either side, makes a brief contact, which completes the circuit of a galvanic battery, and thus sends a current to the controlled clock. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They are the means by which the direction of action is controlled. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Every day, uncontrolled fire wipes out human lives and destroys vast amounts of property; every day, fire, controlled and regulated in stove and furnace, cooks our food and warms our houses. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• No, papa, I'm not nervous, said Eva, controlling herself, suddenly, with a strength of resolution singular in such a child. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But in its case, the quality of the resulting knowledge is the controlling factor and not an incident of the activity. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The pendulum of the controlling clock, in swinging to either side, makes a brief contact, which completes the circuit of a galvanic battery, and thus sends a current to the controlled clock. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The eighteenth century thus commenced with a practical knowledge of the power of steam and of means for controlling and working it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I've been trying to cure it for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He himself happened to be a controlling, central part, the masses of men were the parts variously controlled. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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