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decide

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近义词determine rule resolve judge settle clinch

反义词

vt. 决定；解决；判决
vi. 决定，下决心

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词态变化

第三人称单数: decides;过去式: decided;过去分词: decided;现在分词: deciding;

中文词源

decide 决定

de-, 向下。-cid, 砍，击，词源同concise, incision. 引申义决定。

英英释意

1. reach, make, or come to a decision about something;: "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

2. bring to an end; settle conclusively;: "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

3. cause to decide;: "This new development finally decided me!"

4. influence or determine;: "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

英文词源

decide: decide: [14] Etymologically, decide denotes a resolving of alternatives or difficulties by cutting through them as if with a knife or a sword – dealing with them ‘at a stroke’. The word comes, perhaps via French décider, from Latin dēcidere, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and caedere ‘cut, strike’. It is not clear where this comes from, although Sanskrit khid- ‘press, tear’ has been compared.

Its other descendants in English include chisel, cement, concise, and scissors. (Other verbs for ‘decide’ which contain the basic meaning element ‘cut through’ or ‘separate’ include Latin dēcernere and German entscheiden.)
=> cement, chisel, concise, excise, incision, precise, scissors
decide (v.): late 14c., "to settle a dispute," from Old French decider, from Latin decidere "to decide, determine," literally "to cut off," from de- "off" (see de-) + caedere "to cut" (see -cide). For Latin vowel change, see acquisition. Sense is of resolving difficulties "at a stroke." Meaning "to make up one's mind" is attested from 1830. Related: Decided; deciding.

同义词辨析

decide, determine, resolve, settle

这些动词都含"决定"之意。

decide：侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。

determine：指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。

resolve：语气较强，强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。

settle：指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。

考试真题

The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe is moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules.

The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a more welcoming facility.

At the most cutting-edge retail stores—Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance—you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay.

Second, Americans have basically decided that they don't really want to produce all their own oil.

Evaluating Risks To decide whether a risk is worth taking, you must examine the consequences, in the future as well as right now, negative as well as positive, and to others as well as to yourself.

Third, decide on your own system for marking.

They have the right to decide on changes

But democratically decided and students are expected to attend

He can't decide whether to include the effort part of skiing.

I decided to write about cross-country skiing.

When that restaurant became very busy, I decided to expand my business

Well, I'm afraid we must wait until all the applications are in, in writing, and we'll then decide on the short list.

He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company's plans.

At the most cutting-edge retail stores —Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance—you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay.

How do you decide on the best choice for the difficult message you've got to deliver?

I leave it to the reader's political preference to decide which, if any, charges should stick.

Kyle Sparks, father of Jude, said he let his son decide what to do with the fossil.

This connection happens not only by means of collaborative development, review and testing, but also at conferences where faculty regularly decide on their textbooks and curricula for the coming year.

What we really need at a policy level is to decide where the money will come from to help support good quality local green spaces.

Middle school is an important age because students have enough math capability to solve advanced problems, but they haven't really decided what they want to do with their lives, said Loh.

And it is clearly up to the current generation of leaders from high-emitting nations to decide whether they want to be remembered as climate change tyrants or pioneers.

That will help you decide which items are really worth it.

She decided to take lunch to work instead.

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline-powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light, understanding energy system inertia and momentum can help you decide whether their plans are feasible.

The researchers decided to go deeper, however.

Should doctors consider Medicare's budget in deciding what to use?I think ethically（在道德层面上） we are just worried about the patient in front of us and not trying to save money for the insurance industry or society as a whole, said Dr.Donald Jensen.Still

In practical terms, the new guidelines being develop could result in doctors choosing one drug over another for cost reasons or even deciding that a particular treatment — at the end of life, for example — is too expensive.

When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any additional actions.

Rather than pay up or work out a settlement, Bowman decided to appeal—all the way to the Supreme Court.

An influential figure decided to move from the countryside to the city.

As a measure to counter future shortages, the American government decided to establish a stockpile of oil in caves underground

First, we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain dimensions, such as attractiveness, intelligence, popularity, etc.

That issue is already decided.

But the idea that institutions or their students must decide between humanities and science is false.

The man has decided to quit his computer class

The fine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice overtime

I can't decide what to do for my summer vacation.

I'll give you a free path so that you can try out the facilities before you decide

Question 11: What do the speakers decide to do?

What did Janet James decide to do after her disease was diagnosed

And since she wants to go back to work, I've decided to take a year off to raise the baby.

Oh, I can't decide right now because I have to find out more about the other candidates.

When Andrea found a job with a school district closer to her mother's home in West Jordan, Utah, the family decided to move on.

The man has decided to choose Language Studies as his major.

In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it's picking one of thirty-one ice cream flavors, or deciding whether and when to get married.

Juan Louis, a junior geology major, decided to give an informative speech about how earthquakes occur.

Since he was speaking in the Midwest, he decided to begin by noting that the most severe earthquake in American history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid, Missouri in

At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

But when two H-bots became imperiled, the robot choked 42 percent of the time, unable to decide which to save and letting them both.

If you are at home trying to decide where to go for dinner, however, the knowledge component may prevail, and you decide to go where you can eat a healthier meal.

In the beginning of the movie I, Robot, a robot has to decide whom to save after two cars plunge into the water— Del Spooner or a child.

It will decide on the Weddell Sea sanctuary proposal at a conference in Australia in October, although a decision on the peninsula sanctuary is not expected until later.

It's important to note that robotic nurses don't decide courses of treatment or make diagnosesthough robot doctors and surgeons may not be far of.

So please tell us, why did you decide to open a café?

The experiment highlights the importance of morality: without it, how can a robot decide whom to save or what's best for humanity, especially if it can't calculate survival odds?

The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.

We are not the ones to decide on the establishment of marine protected areas, but we hope to contribute positively with our knowledge and experience.

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline -powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light

After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

After that, feeling the need to explore further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings.

Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness.

Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used to.

Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead.

But Simon decided to risk his life and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope.

Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.

Even so, we decided to talk with the owners directly.

Eventually, I decided to follow her and what happened truly amazed me.

Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a walking journey, as they caught sight of an old.

First, decide to do it for yourself and work towards staying positive.

First, we decided to buy the resources.

From the teacher's point of view, children should be left to decide what to read and how to read.

Guess what? My mother's decided to go back to school!

He decided to offer Shelly-Ann a place in his very strict training sessions.

Hearing her coughing bitterly one night, I decided to pull her from it all.

I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest.

I decided to take the photo anyway.

In order to make a change, you need to decide why it's important.

I've decided to stop playing ping-pong until it feels better.

Just at this time nasa decided to test some new high-altitude cameras by taking photographs of Yellowstone.

On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.

She calculated that going to a stranger's house was a risky move, but she decided to take the chance.

Some countries have decided to continue these reductions until 2020.

Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking.

Thank you george, but I've decided to travel a bit before finding another job.

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.

The man is having trouble deciding what to eat.

The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.

The police officers decided to conduct a thorough and comprehensive review of the case.

The tasters move down the line with surprising speed, tasting from a spoon and deciding what is a fair price for each tea.

The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.

There he decided to give the cello a chance.

They decided on a tour to the united states in 1964.

To learn more about Chinese culture, Jack has decided to take Chinese folk music as an elective course.

We've decided to put you in the dress department.

When I was eighteen, I decided that I really preferred contemporary dance and that I wanted to do it professionally.

When the time came to make the final decision for a course, I decided to apply for the one that reflected my interest.

In other words, it is up to the buyer, rather than the seller, to decide what to buy.

They may then decide to go elsewhere.

The Nobels were, of course, themselves set up by a very rich individual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money.

Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they decide their do-gooding policies.

France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women.

Decide if the time is right.

A young man can decide on a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to arrange the marriage negotiations, or the young man's parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection.

But we are taught instead to "decide", just as our president calls himself "the Decider"?

But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.

She adds, however, that "to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one."

They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really for, not merely how much of it there is.

实用场景例句

It was decided (that) the school should purchase new software.: 已经决定学校要购买新软件。

The case will be decided by a jury.: 这案件将由陪审团裁决。

The Appeal Court decided in their favour .: 上诉法院作出了有利于他们的裁定。

It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.: 法官判你败诉总是有可能的。

A mixture of skill and good luck decided the outcome of the game.: 技术和运气结合在一起决定了比赛的结果。

A number of factors decide whether a movie will be successful or not.: 一部电影成功与否是由许多因素决定的。

They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.: 他们愿意免费为我提供一年的住宿，这就使我下定了决心。

We're still trying to decide on a venue.: 我们仍然在设法选定一个会场。

We might be hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet.: 我们或许会再多雇些人，不过现在什么都还没定下来。

We've decided not to go away after all.: 我们到底还是决定不离开。

She decided (that) she wanted to live in France.: 她决定要住在法国。

It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.: 很难在这两个候选人之间决定取舍。

They decided against taking legal action.: 他们决定不提起诉讼。

It's up to you to decide.: 这事由你来决定吧。

I can't decide what to wear.: 我拿不定主意穿什么。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

I can't decide what to do. I'll sleep on it and let you know tomorrow.: 我不能决定该怎么做. 我考虑一下,明天告诉你.

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