| 单词 | determination |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [di`tə:mi'neiʃən] |
| 解释 | n.决心；确定；预测 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | determination (n.) mid-14c., "decision, sentence," from Old French déterminacion (14c.) "determination, settlement, definition," from Latin determinationem (nominative determinatio) "conclusion, boundary," noun of action from past participle stem of determinare (see determine). As "a bringing to an end" (especilly of a suit at law), late 15c. As "fixed direction toward a goal," from 1650s, originally in physics or anatomy; metaphoric sense "fixation of will" is from 1680s; that of "quality of being resolute" is from 1822. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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