decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ CET4 TEM4 ( deciding, decided, decides )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities. 决定

  例：

  She decided to take a course in philosophy.

  她决定修一门哲学课。

  例：

  Think about it very carefully before you decide.

  在你决定之前慎重地考虑。

• 2. 

  V-T If a person or group of people decides something, they choose what something should be like or how a particular problem should be solved. 裁定

  例：

  She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence.

  她还年轻，他说，这一点对裁定关于她的判决时要考虑进去。

• 3. 

  V-T If an event or fact decides something, it makes it certain that a particular choice will be made or that there will be a particular result. 决定

  例：

  What happens next could decide their destiny.

  接下来发生的事可能会决定他们的命运。

  例：

  The election will decide if either party controls both houses of Congress.

  这次选举将决定是否由任一党控制国会两院。

• 4. 

  V-T If you decide that something is true, you form that opinion about it after considering the facts. 断定

  例：

  He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold.

  他断定富兰克林肯定是得了重感冒。