① determine確定;下決心(be determined to 表示堅決、有決心的狀態(tài))。
Can you determine the meaning of this word?你能確定這個詞的意思嗎?
He determined that he would go that very afternoon. 他決定當(dāng)天下午就去。(=determined to go)
The news determined him against future delay. 這消息使他決定不再拖延。
We are determined to fight to the end. 我們決定戰(zhàn)斗到底。
② decide經(jīng)過考慮或商量,在幾種可能中做出決定。
We must decide which one to buy. 我們必須決定買哪一個。
③ make up one's mind打定主意,不動搖。
At last she made up her mind to tell the truth to her husband. 最后她打定主意將事情真相告訴她丈夫。