re-regulate
verb [ I or T ] (also reregulate) uk/ˌriːˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/
重新规范
If a government re-regulates an industry, it introduces laws that allow it to control the industry's activities again after a period of letting the industry make its own rules.
Analysts say it is crucial for the government to step in and re-regulate certain aspects of the way airlines operate. 分析人士表示，政府介入并重新规范航空公司运营方式的某些方面至关重要。
We have to make a policy decision on whether we re-regulate or stay with the current system.
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- The Head of Public Services is leaving before finishing his quest to re-regulate the state's electricity industry.
- Despite calls to reregulate an industry they deregulated in 2007, ministers have decided to pass a number of consumer protection measures.
- If the critics are right, there will be pressure to reregulate, to return to old-style banking.