resolution
/ˌrezəˈluːʃən/noun
1
- a firm decision to do or not to do something决心, 决定：
she kept her resolution not to see Anne any more
她从未动摇过不再见安妮的决心
a New Year's resolution.
新年伊始的决心。
1.1
- a formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body, committee, or other formal meeting, typically after taking a vote（立法机构、委员会等通常经表决的）正式决定, 决议：
the conference passed two resolutions.
会议通过了两项决议。
1.2
- mass noun the quality of being determined or resolute坚决, 果断：
he handled the last British actions of the war with resolution.
他果断地指挥了英国在战争中的最后军事行动。
2
- mass noun the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter（问题、争论或争端的）解决：
the peaceful resolution of all disputes
全部争端的和平解决
count noun a successful resolution to the problem.问题的成功解决。
2.1
- Music the passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony【乐】解决（指和声中不协和音向协和音的进行）。
2.2
- Medicine the disappearance of inflammation, or of any symptom or condition【医】（炎症或其他症状的）消散, 消退。
3
- mass noun chiefly Chemistry the process of reducing or separating something into constituent parts or components【主化】分解。
3.1
- Physics the replacing of a single force or other vector quantity by two or more jointly equivalent to it【物理】（力或其他矢量的）分解。
3.2
- the conversion of something abstract into another form（抽象事物的）转换。
3.3
- Prosody the substitution of two short syllables for one long one【诗韵】两短音节对一长音节的代替。
4
- the smallest interval measurable by a scientific (especially optical) instrument; the resolving power（光学仪器等的）分辨率; 分辨能力。
4.1
- the degree of detail visible in a photographic or television image（照片、电视图像的）清晰度。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin resolutio（n-）, from resolvere 'loosen, release' （see RESOLVE）.