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VERB
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.
例句
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。
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VERB
(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.
例句
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。
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VERB
断定;判定
If you decide that something is true, you form that opinion about it after considering the facts.
例句
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。