decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (deciding,decided,decides)

• 1.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） 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。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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（及物动词） 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。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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。