359. During the years following the First World War, however, Federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control over the day nurseries, chiefly by licensing them and by inspection and regulating the condition within the nurseries.
然而在一戰后的幾年里，聯邦政府、各州、各地方政府逐漸開始采取措施來控制日托，方式主要是通過向托兒所發放執照、審查并管理其條件。

六級詞匯講解:
本句的主干為...govemments...began to exercise a measure...。句首的during...the First World War是該句子的時間狀語，chiefly by為介詞短語作狀語。exercise在句中意為“使用，采取”。a measure of意為“一種……的措施”。

英語六級考點歸納:
與control相關的短語有：

control over意為“控制；支配”。如：
What we are going to do are controlled over by our brain.
我們所要做的事情是由大腦來支配的。

have control of意為“對……的控制”。如：
The local govemment has the absolute control ofthis matter.
對于該事件，當地政府具有絕對的控制權。

beyond／out of control意為“難以控制，失去控制”。如：
The old machine is out ofcontrol.
那臺舊機器失去控制了。

in(the) control (of)意為“受……控制，管理”。如：
The poor little girl was totally in the control ofher evil stepmother.
那個可憐的小女孩完全被她可惡的繼母控制了。

lose control of意為“控制不住，駕馭不住”.如：
Something has gone wrong,and later on, it seems that he has lost control of his horse.
好像出什么問題了，過了一會兒．他看起來好像完全駕馭不住他的坐騎了。

take control(of)意為“掌管；控制”。如：
The manager takes control of the daily routine all by himself
經理對于日常事務全都親自掌管。

under control意為“情況正常，處于控制之下”。under the control of意為“受……的管轄；處于……的控制之下”。如：
Please make sure that everything was under control，OK?
請確保所有的事情都在掌控之中，好嗎？