下定决心：determine综述

Goals determine what you are going to be.

                                                                   ——Julius Erving

目标决定你将成为什么样的人。

                                                                  ——欧文

一、下面我们来看看determine有几种含义

v.

1.决定，下决心 [I,T]

I determined that I would ask him outright.

我下定决心要直截了当地问他。

2.确定 [I,T]

The date for the meeting has just been determined.

会议的日期刚刚确定。

3.判定，判决 [I,T]

A Tribunal shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether any article is obscene or indecent

审裁处具专有审裁权，以裁定任何物品是否属色情或不雅。

4.终止，结束 [I,T]

I want to determine this mission.

我要终止这次行动。

二、词义辨析：表示相同词义的还有哪些词呢？

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。

三、学会determine的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧

Meaning determines usage.

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