一、详细释义:
v.
对…作出抉择;决定;选定 [I,T]
例句:
A chance meeting decided my career.
偶然的会面决定了我的事业。
例句:
Have you decided on the place you will go on your vacation?
你已选定你要度假的地方了吗?
解决;裁决,肯定,断定,判决
例句:
This is an issue that should be decided by local and metropolitan government.
这个问题应该由当地及大都市政府共同解决。
例句:
The jury decided that the man was guilty of stealing and that the judge sent him to prison.
陪审团裁决那个人犯了偷窃罪,法官判处他监禁。
影响(或决定)…的结果 [T]
例句:
The results will decide if he will win a place at a good university.
这些成绩将决定他能否上一所好大学。
例句:
A few votes decided the election.
一些选票决定了选举的结果。
成为(某人)做某事的原因 [T]
二、词义辨析:
decide,determine,resolve,settle
这些动词都含“决定”之意。 decide侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。 determine指经过深思熟虑,决心去做某事并坚持施行。 resolve语气较强,强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事,暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。 settle指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。
三、参考例句:
Decide what's important.
决定哪些文件重要。
You must decide for yourselves.
得由你们自己来决定。
Decide to take action today.
从今天开始,行动起来。
Decide what you're taking.
决定好你要带些什么东西。
Why did you decide on purple?
为什么你决定用紫色?
I had to decide right then.
我当时就得做决定。
I decide to interrogate the abductors.
我决定去质问那帮绑架犯。
You choose, I can't decide.
你来选吧,我拿不定主意。
They decide to destroy the windmill.
他们决心摧毁风车。
Students may decide to seek tutorial guidance.
学生可以决定寻求导师指导。