self-regulating
adjective uk/ˌselfˈreɡ.jə.leɪ.tɪŋ/ us/ˌselfˈreɡ.jə.leɪ.t̬ɪŋ/ (also self-regulatory, /ˌself reɡ.jəˈleɪ.tər.i/ /ˌself ˈreɡ.jə.lə.tɔːr.i/)
自律的，自我调节的
making certain yourself that you or your employees obey rules, rather than having laws or another organization to do it
a self-regulating body/organization 自律的机构/企业
自我调节
A self-regulating device, system, etc. is able to control its own temperature, speed, etc. and keep it at the correct level.
The human body is an amazing self-regulating organism until you start to mess with it. 人体是一个了不起的自我调节有机体，直到你开始弄乱它。
See: self-regulation
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- They envisioned the website as a self-regulating marketplace where users are responsible for their trades.
- Though the institute has imposed tougher standards during the last decade, the industry remains self-regulating.
- The government is not testing for toxic chemicals in toys, and too many manufacturers are not self-regulating.
- The tool's temperature controller is self-regulating and keeps the heating element at a steady 130°C.
- The embryos are mostly self-regulating, because they arrest naturally at 32 cells.
- The Gaia hypothesis is that the planet is itself a self-regulating organism.
- This lush green mountainous island, with one of the best all-year-round climates in the world, is also a huge self-regulating reservoir which holds up to 200 million cubic metres of water.
- He challenges the idea that immigration is a self-regulating process that rises and falls in step with the economy.