英汉词典

decide 基本解释

• vt. 决定；解决；判决
• vi. 决定，下决心

decide 词态变化

decide 中文词源

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

decide 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.

decide 英文释义

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"

decide 同义词解析

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。

decide 双语例句

1. A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.

牙医可能会决定拔掉那颗牙，以免反复发作。

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2. He might decide that it is best to induce labour.

他也许决定最好引产。

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3. If the clubs cannot conclude a deal, an independent tribunal will decide.

如果俱乐部之间无法达成协议，将由一个独立的仲裁委员会来裁定。

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4. The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.

评委们无法判定它属于哪一类。

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5. 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。

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decide 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。

牛津词典

The case will be decided by a jury.

这案件将由陪审团裁决。

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The Appeal Court decided in their favour .

上诉法院作出了有利于他们的裁定。

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It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.

法官判你败诉总是有可能的。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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We're still trying to decide on a venue.

我们仍然在设法选定一个会场。

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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。

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We've decided not to go away after all.

我们到底还是决定不离开。

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She decided (that) she wanted to live in France.

她决定要住在法国。

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It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.

很难在这两个候选人之间决定取舍。

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They decided against taking legal action.

他们决定不提起诉讼。

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It's up to you to decide.

这事由你来决定吧。

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I can't decide what to wear.

我拿不定主意穿什么。

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She decided to do a secretarial course...

她决定修一门文秘课程。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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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