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| /dɪˈsaɪd/ |
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| 1 | I/T to make a choice about what you are going to do 决定；选定 |
| decide to do sth He decided to stay and see what would happen. 他决定留下来，看看会发生什么事。 |
| The committee decided unanimously to accept the offer. 委员会一致决定接受这一报价。 |
| +that I decided that it would be best to tell George everything. 我决定最好把一切都告诉乔治。 |
| +what/whether/how/when/where etc I can’ t decide what to do. 我无法决定要做什么。 |
| She needs to decide whether or not she wants to keep the house. 她需要决定是否要保留这座房子。 |
| +between Julia has to decide between being an architect or a novelist. 朱莉娅得决定是当建筑师还是当小说家。 |
| decide for yourself (=make a choice yourself and not ask or allow someone else to do it for you) ‘We think people should have the opportunity to decide for themselves what they want.’ 自己决定 |
| | 1a | T to influence someone so that they make a particular choice 使下决心 | | What finally decided me was the location. 使我最后下决心的是所处的位置。 | | decide sb to do sth That decided me to finally leave my job. 那使我下决心最终离职。 | |
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| 2 | T to produce a particular result 决出，决定（结果） |
| Today’ s match will decide the championship. 今天的比赛将决出冠军。 |
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| 3 | T to consider something carefully and officially state what should be done about it 裁决；判决 |
| It could take months before this case is decided. 判决这个案子可能需要数月的时间。 |
| The matter will be decided by a government tribunal. 这件事将由政府审理委员会裁决。 |
| decide against/in favour of sb The court decided against Mrs McLaughlin. 法庭作出对麦克劳林太太不利的判决。 |
| If the committee decides in his favour, he will be a very rich man. 如果委员会作出对他有利的裁决，他将成为大富翁。 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | deˌcide aˈgainst |
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| | decide against sb/sth: to not choose someone or something 决定不要 | In the end we decided against the house because it was too small. 最后我们决定不要这栋房子，因为它太小了。 | |
| - | deˈcide on |
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| | decide on sb/sth: to choose someone or something from a number of possible choices 选定；决定 | We decided on Spain for our holiday this year. 我们今年决定到西班牙度假。 | |
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