| 单词 | control |
| 释义 | control control /; AmE / noun, verb
■ noun
BUDGETARY CONTROL, CHANGE CONTROL, COMMAND AND CONTROL, COST CONTROL, CREDIT CONTROL, DAMAGE CONTROL, EXCHANGE CONTROL, INDUSTRIAL CONTROL, INVENTORY CONTROL, MARKET CONTROL, MATERIALS CONTROL, NUMERICAL CONTROL, PASSPORT CONTROL, PRICE CONTROL, PRODUCTION CONTROL, QUALITY CONTROL, SPAN OF CONTROL, STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL, STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL, STOCK CONTROL
1 [U] the power to make decisions about how an organization, an area, a country, etc. is run: The family has sold most of its shares and will lose control of the company. Workers were given more control over the company's management. The railway network is under public control. Castorri took full control of the company last year.
❖ to acquire/assume/be given/gain/get/take control of sth ◆ to give up/hand over/keep/lose/relinquish control of sth
2 [U] the ability to make sb/sth do what you want: We have no control over the situation. I fear the company has lost control of its future. Owing to circumstances beyond our control, this service will not be available today.
❖ to have/keep/lose control of/over sth
3 (Finance ) [U] the fact of owning sth such as shares: He claims he knows nothing about the control of shares (= who owns the shares) held through the trust.
4 [U,C] the act of restricting, limiting or managing sth; a method of doing this: Poor cost control led to the company's problems. The government has imposed tough controls on steel imports.
❖ strict/stringent/tight/tough controls ◆ to impose/introduce/relax/remove/tighten controls
5 [C, usually pl.] the switches and buttons, etc. that you use to operate a machine or a vehicle: the controls of an aircraft the control panel
6 (Technical ) [C] a person, thing, group or test that you use as a standard of comparison when doing an experiment, in order to check your results: One group was treated with the new drug, and the control group was given a sugar pill. The untreated group served as a negative control.
7 [U] (also control key [sing.]) (abbr Ctrl) a button on a computer keyboard that you press with other buttons when you want to perform particular operations: Press control + S to save the document.
IDIOMS
be in control (of sth) to direct or manage an organization, an area or a situation: Although he's over seventy, he's still firmly in control of the company.
be/get/run out of control to be or become impossible to manage or to control: Consumer spending has been allowed to get out of control.
be under control to be being dealt with successfully: The situation's under control.
bring/get/keep sth under control to succeed in dealing with sth so that it does not cause any harm: attempts to keep inflation under control
■ verb (-ll-) [+ obj]
1 to have power over a person, company, country, etc. so that you are able to decide what they must do or how it is run: By the age of 21 he controlled the company. One oil company controls 60% of the country's petrol stations. A small number of players (=companies) control most of the computer-gaming market (= they sell more products than anyone else).
2 (Finance ) to own sth such as shares: The family still controls almost half the shares in the company.
3 to limit sth or make it happen in a particular way: legislation to control drug prices
4 to stop sth from getting worse: a rise in interest rates to control inflation
5 to make sth, such as a machine or system, work in the way that you want it to: The temperature is controlled by sensors. |
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