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VERB
				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.
例句
						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。 
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VERB
				确定;查明
				To determine a fact means to discover it as a result of investigation.
例句
						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。 
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VERB
				决定;敲定
				If you determine something, you decide it or settle it.
例句
						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。 
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VERB
				下决心;决意;决定
				If you determine to do something, you make a firm decision to do it.
例句
						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。