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Determine   [V I Verb 动词 D N Wh

英语单词 determine
英美音标 英 [dɪ'tɜːmɪn] 美 [dɪ'tɜːrmɪn]
中文释义 v.决定;决心;确定;测定
英语例句 (1) Chance will determine the outcome.
(2) I must now determine whether to meet him or not.
(3) I am determined to find out the rights and wrongs of this matter.
(4) An inquest was held to determine the cause of his death.
中文例句 (1) 机缘将决定结果
(2) 我现在必须决定是否要见他。
(3) 我决心查明这件事的真相。
(4) 为确定他的死因进行了审问。
vocabulary简明 If you determine something, you figure it out or settle a question, like when, after checking paws and hands, you determine that it's not the dog that ate your candy stash, but your kid sister.
vocabulary扩展 Determine comes from the Latin for "bring to a close," and when you determine something, you have closed all the questions you have about it and are quite sure you know the answer. If you become a detective, you'll have to determine who did the crime. After working through a mathematical problem, you determine the value of X. Determine can also mean influence. Your childhood spent in your grandmother's delightful kitchen might have determined your future career as a baker.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]是…的决定因素 If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
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  • The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time...

    鸡块的大小将决定烹饪时间的长短。

  • Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner...

    社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。

  • What determines whether you are a career success or a failure?

    事业的成败取决于哪些因素?

determination
  • ...the gene which is responsible for male sex determination.

    决定男性性别的基因

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[VERB 动词]确定;查明 To determine a fact means to discover it as a result of investigation.
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  • The investigation will determine what really happened...

    调查会查明到底发生了什么事情。

  • Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans...

    需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。

  • Science has determined that the risk is very small.

    科学已经探明其危险性非常小。

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[VERB 动词]决定;敲定 If you determine something, you decide it or settle it.
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  • The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future...

    波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。

  • The final wording had not yet been determined...

    最终措辞仍未敲定。

  • My aim was first of all to determine what I should do next.

    我的目标首先是要确定自己下一步该做什么。

determination
  • We must take into our own hands the determination of our future.

    我们必须将未来的决定权掌握在自己的手中。

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[VERB 动词]下决心;决意;决定 If you determine to do something, you make a firm decision to do it.
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  • He determined to rescue his two countrymen...

    他决意营救自己的两名同胞。

  • I determined that I would ask him outright.

    我下定决心要直截了当地问他。

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