Word · Frequency #375
Fully loadeddecides
决定；下决心
decides is the third person singular of decide.
decide
- 1.
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
解决(比赛、问题、争端等)；选择、决定或解决。
- 2.
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
做出判断,尤其是在深思熟虑之后。
- 3.
To cause someone to come to a decision.
使某人做出决定。
- 4.
Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
关于图灵机:对每个可能的输入返回正确答案(对于某些是或否的问题)。
决定（结果）；裁决；判定；促使决定；使下决心；解决(比赛、问题、争端等)；选择、决定或解决。；做出判断,尤其是在深思熟虑之后。；使某人做出决定。
In use
I need to decide what to wear to the party.
After thinking for a long time, she decided to take the job.
We haven't decided where to go on vacation yet.
decide to do sth
She decided to move to a new city.
她决定搬到一座新城市。
decide on/upon sth
They haven't decided on a date for the wedding yet.
他们还没决定婚礼的日期。
decide that...
I decided that it was time to leave.
我决定是时候离开了。
Connections
Collocations
- decide to do something
- 决定做某事
- She decided to take the job offer.她决定接受这份工作。
- decide on something
- 选定，决定
- We need to decide on a date for the meeting.我们需要选定一个会议日期。
- decide that
- 决定……，认为……
- The jury decided that the defendant was guilty.陪审团裁定被告有罪。
- decide between
- 在……之间抉择
- I can't decide between the two options.我无法在两个选项之间做出决定。
- decide against
- 决定不，反对
- He decided against buying the car.他决定不买那辆车。
- decide in favor of
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记decide：cide读音同side，决定选哪边。
Context & Register
日常决定及正式场合；通常用于口语和书面语，中性语气。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words end with the same final syllable /saɪd/ (spelled '-cide'), but only 'insecticide' shares the stress pattern of 'decide' (stress on the second syllable). The others have primary stress on the first syllable, so they are near rhymes, not perfect rhymes.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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