determine

【发音】

美 /dɪ'tɝmɪn/ 英 /dɪ'tɜːmɪn/

【翻译】

1. vi. 决意

   英释:if something determines something else, it directly influences or decides it

2. vt.决定；查明；使下决心

   英释:to find out the facts about something

【记忆】

de ＋ term(边界) ＋ ine → 决定各自的边界 → 决定

【例句】

1. The amount of available water determines the number of houses that can be built.

   可用的水量决定可以建造多少房子。

2. The age of a wine is a determining factor as to how it tastes.

   酒的年份对于酒的味道是个决定性因素。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...but you need to do some self-assessment to determine where you have become stale in your thinking...

2. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that should determine who we stay with and for how long...

3. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.决定；判决；使…下定决心

   condition/conclude/

2. vi.确定；决定；判决，终止

   identify/drop/finish/judge/

【同根词】

1. adj

   determined : 决定了的；坚决的

   determinant : 决定性的

   deterministic : 确定性的；命运注定论的

   determinate : 确定的；决定的

   determinable : 可决定的

   determinative : 决定的；限定的

   determinist : 决定论的

2. adv

   determinedly : 决然地；断然地

3. n

   determination : 决心；果断

   determinant : 决定因素；[数] 行列式

   determinism : [力] 决定论

   determiner : [语] 限定词；决定因素

   determinateness : 坚决；确定

   determinative : 限定词；决定的事物

   determinist : 决定论者

4. v

   determined : 决定；断定（determine的过去分词）

5. vt

   determinate : 确定；弄清楚