词汇精选：decide的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

对…作出抉择；决定；选定 [I,T]

例句：

A chance meeting decided my career.

偶然的会面决定了我的事业。

例句：

Have you decided on the place you will go on your vacation?

你已选定你要度假的地方了吗?

解决；裁决，肯定，断定，判决

例句：

This is an issue that should be decided by local and metropolitan government.

这个问题应该由当地及大都市政府共同解决。

例句：

The jury decided that the man was guilty of stealing and that the judge sent him to prison.

陪审团裁决那个人犯了偷窃罪，法官判处他监禁。

影响（或决定）…的结果 [T]

例句：

The results will decide if he will win a place at a good university.

这些成绩将决定他能否上一所好大学。

例句：

A few votes decided the election.

一些选票决定了选举的结果。

成为（某人）做某事的原因 [T]

二、词义辨析：

decide,determine,resolve,settle

这些动词都含“决定”之意。decide侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。determine指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。resolve语气较强，强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。settle指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。

三、参考例句：

Decide what's important.

决定哪些文件重要。

You must decide for yourselves.

得由你们自己来决定。

Decide to take action today.

从今天开始，行动起来。

Decide what you're taking.

决定好你要带些什么东西。

Why did you decide on purple?

为什么你决定用紫色？

I had to decide right then.

我当时就得做决定。

I decide to interrogate the abductors.

我决定去质问那帮绑架犯。

You choose, I can't decide.

你来选吧，我拿不定主意。

They decide to destroy the windmill.

他们决心摧毁风车。

Students may decide to seek tutorial guidance.

学生可以决定寻求导师指导。