課本中不會教你的[D]211　determine，decide和make up one's mind

211　determine，decide和make up one's mind

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。