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Decide   [V D Verb 动词 Decided Deciding Choose

英语单词 decide
英美音标 英 [dɪ'saɪd] 美 [dɪ'saɪd]
中文释义 v.决定;判断;断定
英语例句 (1) That decided me to leave my job.
(2) A chance meeting decided my career.
(3) He decided to get married.
(4) Don't decide on important matters too quickly.
(5) It's difficult to decide between the two.
(6) For each pair of sentences, decide where to use the active or passive form of the verb.
中文例句 (1) 那件事使我决定离职。
(2) 偶然的会面决定了我的事业。
(3) 他决定结婚。
(4) 不要过于匆忙地对重要的事情作决定。
(5) 对这两者,不易做出抉择。
(6) 在以下每组句子里,判断是该用单词的主动语态还是被动语态。
vocabulary简明 To decide is to make up your mind to do (or not do) something. People decide hundreds of things a day, from what to eat to what TV shows to watch.
vocabulary扩展 Deciding involves making decisions — choosing what to do. There are a lot of things in life to decide, such as where to live, what school to go to, where to apply for a job, and what kind of clothes to buy and wear. At any restaurant, there are hundreds of options: you have to decide which is right for you. You can also say that if a touchdown ended a game, it decided the game.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]决定,拿定主意(做) If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
  [V to-inf]
  [V that]
  [V against/in favour of n/-ing]
  [V wh]
  [V]
  • She decided to do a secretarial course...

    她决定修一门文秘课程。

  • He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down...

    他已拿定主意:他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地,因此决心辞职。

  • The house needed totally rebuilding, so we decided against buying it...

    这所房子需要彻底重建,因此我们决定不买了。

  • I had a cold and couldn't decide whether to go to work or not...

    我感冒了,拿不定主意是否要去上班。

  • Think about it very carefully before you decide.

    仔细考虑一下再作决定。

2
[VERB 动词]解决;判决;裁决 If a person or group of people decides something, they choose what something should be like or how a particular problem should be solved.
  [V n]
  • She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence...

    他说,她还年轻,而这一点在对她量刑时将会予以考虑。

  • 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。

3
[VERB 动词](事件或事实)决定,确定(某一选择或结果) If an event or fact decides something, it makes it certain that a particular choice will be made or that there will be a particular result.
  [V n]
  [V wh]
  [V-ing]
  • The goal that decided the match came just before the interval...

    决定本场比赛结果的进球是在中场休息前一刻打入的。

  • 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。

  • Luck is certainly one deciding factor.

    运气当然是一个决定因素。

4
[VERB 动词]断定;判定 If you decide that something is true, you form that opinion about it after considering the facts.
  [V that]
  [V wh]
  • He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold...

    他断定富兰克林一定是得了重感冒。

  • I couldn't decide whether he was incredibly brave or just insane.

    我不能判定他到底是英勇无畏还是精神失常。

5
[VERB 动词]使决定,使拿定主意(做) If something decides you to do something, it is the reason that causes you to choose to do it.
  [V n to-inf]
  [V n]
  [Also V n that]
  • The banning of his play decided him to write about censorship...

    他的戏剧被禁演,这促使他下定决心就审查制度的问题下笔。

  • I don't know what finally decided her, but she agreed.

    我不知道是什么让她最终拿定了主意,但她还是同意了。

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