decide

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. 決定

She decided to take a course in philosophy. 她決定修一門哲學(xué)課。

Think about it very carefully before you decide. 在你決定之前慎重地考慮。

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

She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence. 她還年輕，他說(shuō)，這一點(diǎn)對(duì)裁定關(guān)于她的判決時(shí)要考慮進(jìn)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. 決定

What happens next could decide their destiny. 接下來(lái)發(fā)生的事可能會(huì)決定他們的命運(yùn)。

The election will decide if either party controls both houses of Congress. 這次選舉將決定是否由任一黨控制國(guó)會(huì)兩院。

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

He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold. 他斷定富蘭克林肯定是得了重感冒。