Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #339
control
控制；支配
To influence or direct people's behavior or the way something happens.
- 1.
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
施加影响；建议或支配行为
- 2.
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
(与for连用)设计实验以减少或消除一个或多个变量的影响
- 3.
To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
控制,抑制,约束
抑制；克制；约束；排除…的干扰；控制变量；施加影响；建议或支配行为；(与for连用)设计实验以减少或消除一个或多个变量的影响；控制,抑制,约束
In use
The manager controls the entire project from start to finish.
She struggled to control her emotions during the speech.
The software allows you to control your home appliances remotely.
Verb forms
base control · third person controls · -ing controlling · past controlled · past participle controlled
Connections
Collocations
- control yourself
- 控制自己；克制自己
- She tried to control herself during the meeting.她在会议上努力控制自己。
- control costs
- 控制成本
- The company needs to control costs to stay profitable.公司需要控制成本以保持盈利。
- control the situation
- 控制局面
- The manager quickly controlled the situation.经理迅速控制了局面。
- control a fire
- 控制火势
- Firefighters worked for hours to control the fire.消防员奋战数小时以控制火势。
- control anger
- 控制愤怒；忍住怒火
- He couldn't control his anger and shouted.他无法控制自己的愤怒，大喊起来。
- control traffic
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Ctrl键就是control的缩写，按Ctrl就能控制电脑，记住这个词吧。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：business/management、everyday conversation、social/politics 作动词表示“控制、支配”时，control 为中性词，口语和书面语都常用。它多出现在管理、日常讨论或社会事务等场景中，正式与非正式语境下都自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 control 押韵的词有 roll、role、whole、patrol、stroll 等，它们都以 /əʊl/ 结尾（美式多为 /oʊl/）。注意拼写：control 是 -ol，这些词分别是 -oll、-ole、-ole、-trol、-oll。特别小心 petrol：它和 control、patrol 一样含有 -trol，但读作 /ˈpetrəl/（重音在第一音节，末尾是 /əl/），并不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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