a person or thing that directs or regulates something 控制者;管理者;指挥者;控制器;调节器 the Controller of BBC Television Programmes. 英国广播公司电视节目部主任。 a temperature controller. 温度调节器。 ■a person in charge of an organization's finances 审计员,审计官,审计主任
派生 controllership noun 语源
Middle English (denoting a person who kept a duplicate register of accounts): from Anglo-Norman contrerollour, from contreroller 'keep a copy of a roll of accounts' (see control). Compare with comptroller