halt ；

[例句] 上校命令道：“立定！” The colonel ordered "Halt!"

[例句] 做事要有恒心,所立定的志向不要随意更改. Persist in whatever you do and do not change your aspirations will.

[图] alignment，setting-out ；

[例句] 利用全站仪解决了大面积室内装修工程中的定点 、 定线问题. By using total station , problems of setting out in scale indoor decoration can be solved.

[例句] 论述了厦门湾附近水域船舶定线的目的. The purpose of the ship routing in Xiamen bay and its adjacent waters is discussed.

firmly believe，affirm，identify ... with...，maintain，cognizance ；

[例句] 她认定搭便车是自己最好的逃跑方法。 She decided hitchhiking was her best method of escape.

[例句] 法律基于追溯效力的相关规定认定索赔证据不足。 The Law recognises the weakness of claims based on retrospective knowledge.

[语] attribute ；

[例句] 关系代词和关系副词引导定语从句. Relative pronouns and adverbs introduce attributive clauses.

[例句] 定语形容词位于名词前. Attributive adjectives precede the noun.

[地测] centring，centre，center ；

have sth. made to order [measure]，custom made，customize ；

[例句] 现在她为顾客定做漂亮的干花插花。 She now makes wonderful dried flower arrangements to order.

[例句] 在地下室里，15名员工正在忙着缝制定做的外套。 In the basement fifteen employees are busy making bespoke coats.

（最后审稿） finalize a manuscript, text, etc.，（审定了的稿件） final version or text ；

[例句] 我们彻底仔细地检查了措词后才最终定稿。 We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text.

[例句] 这篇文章已经 定稿. The draft of this article has been finalized [ done ] .

[心理] set，[德] einstellung （原苏联定势心理学学派的基本概念） ；

[例句] 中国经济将持续发展已成定势. The sustained growth momentum of the Chinese economy is irreversible.

[例句] 心理定势在当今的健美操运动中有着十分重要的作用. The mental orientation plays a very important role in modern gymnastics.

indeterminacy，incertitude，indetermination，uncertainty，unsureness；

[例句] 这一承诺能维持多久还不确定。 It is an open question how long that commitment can last.

[例句] 南希不确定德克是不是在勾引她。 Nancy wasn't sure if Dirk was making a pass at her.

sequencing ；

[例句] 这种交换机的功能包括实现网络协议 、 包定序和路由选择. The functions of the exchange include network protocol, packet sequencing and routing.

[例句] 传统定序仪一次约只能评估1000个硷基对. Conventional sequencers evaluate about 1 , 000 base pairs at a time.

score，rank，define the level or scale，determine an employee's or a cadre's rank and corresponding wage scale ；

[例句] 该系统已在湖南省农用地分等定级项目中取得较好的应用效果. The effects of applying the system to Hunan province are satisfactory.

[例句] 汽车通常用马力定级. Cars are normally rated in horsepower.

（购卖或租赁时预付的一部分钱） earnest (money)，deposit ；

[例句] 你先交100美元定钱,其余可以赊欠. Give me 100 dollars down and we'll put the rest on the cuff.

[例句] 最好现在先付点儿定钱,我好给您留房子. I'd appreciate it if you'd make a small deposit now for me to hold the room.

unsettled，unstable，insecure，precarious，disequilibrium ；

[例句] 无国籍人的不安定状态 the limbo of the stateless person

[例句] 生活到处不安定,财产要用强硬手段获得. Everywhere life was insecure and property was held by the strong arm.

(of herdsmen or fishermen) settlement ；

[例句] 欧洲人的 “ 美洲 ” 不过是一些孤立的沿海定居点. European " America " was no more than a string of isolated coastal settlements.

[例句] 射击发生在约旦谷的以色列定居点. The shooting happened near an Israeli settlement in the Jordan Valley.

mensurable，quantitative，[计] quantified，quantificational ；

[例句] 你用了这星期给你定量的汽油了 吗 ? Have you used your ration of petrol for this week?

[例句] 此外, 有许多很有价值的目标并不是可以定量的. Moreover, there are too many worthwhile goals that are not quantifiable.

freeze-frame ；

[例句] 采用6毫米胶片是因为它的定格图像要比录像带更加清晰。 6-millimetre film was used because it offered clearer freeze frames than video tape.

[例句] 陪审团通过慢放和定格把录像带反复看了许多遍。 The jury watched the tape dozens of times in slow motion and in freeze frame.

periodic(al)，periodical，stated，termly，regular ；

[例句] 你将接受定期的血液检查以确定你是否已被感染。 You'll be given regular blood tests to show whether you have been infected.

[例句] 许多商业性的试验室已应用定期的硝态氮分析作为指导. Some commercial laboratories use periodic nitrate tests as guides.

setting，enactment ；

[例句] 幸福的秘诀就是要不停地给自己设定新的挑战。 The secret to happiness is to keep setting yourself new challenges.

[例句] 我们设定的目标不够高远。 We just do not set our sights high enough.

determined by fate，predestined ；

[例句] 他描述了为有德行的所命定的那个纯洁、无邪欲的天堂. He described that pure and unsensual heaven destined to the virtuous.

[例句] 真怪,那命定的恐怖,就在他的脑际时隐时现. It was curious how that predestined horror moved in and out of one's consciousness.

delimiter ；

[例句] 请用下面的列表选择相应的定界符. Use the lists below to select the appropriate delimiter.

[例句] 同样, 数据记录之间也须用记录定界符分隔. Similarly, data records must be separated by a record delimiter.