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单词 determination
释义

determination

/dɪˌtəːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n /
noun [mass noun]
1The quality of being determined; firmness of purpose: those who succeed because of sheer grit and determination...
  • His leadership qualities and determination to challenge capitalism earned him lasting respect from all who knew him, particularly in his role as union steward and factory convenor.
  • They haven't been particularly good, but there has been a robustness and determination to them; qualities lacking earlier in the season.
  • His determination to improve the quality of colonial workmanship and to impose a businesslike system of payments incurred many enemies.

Synonyms

resolution, resolve, resoluteness;
will power, strength of will, strength of character, single-mindedness, sense of purpose, firmness of purpose, fixity of purpose, purposefulness;
intentness, decision, decidedness;
steadfastness, staunchness, perseverance, persistence, indefatigability, tenacity, tenaciousness, staying power, strong-mindedness, backbone, the bulldog spirit, pertinacity, pertinaciousness;
stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy, obdurateness, obduracy, inflexibility;
spiritedness, braveness, bravery, boldness, courage, courageousness, pluck, pluckiness, stout-heartedness;
British Dunkirk spirit;
German sitzfleisch
informal guts, spunk, grit, stickability
North American informal stick-to-it-iveness
archaic intension
rare perseveration
2The process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research: determination of molecular structures...
  • Explanation is substituted for deduction, prediction, solution, determination and calculation as the objectives of science.
  • To date, this has hindered determination of the molecular structure of the pigments.
  • However, proteins sharing the same fold can have different functions, and structure determination and analysis will not always mean that function can be derived.

Synonyms

calculation, discovery, ascertainment, establishment, fixing, deduction, divination, diagnosis, discernment, check, verification, confirmation
2.1 Law The settlement of a dispute by the authoritative decision of a judge or arbitrator: expert determination...
  • It would be artificial to do so in the circumstances, pending the arbitrators' determination of the matters that are within their jurisdiction.
  • It does, however, with the authority of the Act, lay the ground for enforcement by the provision that until final determination of the dispute the decision is binding.
  • So far as our claim for damages pursuant to those undertakings are concerned, the order I seek is for it to be remitted to a judge for determination.
2.2 [count noun] Law A judicial decision or sentence.Since that time the applicants have been contesting that determination....
  • I have to say that I find the Agency's stance on the Wretton determination surprising.
  • At paragraph 16 of his determination the Adjudicator concluded that he accepted Dr Gallwey's assessment.
3The controlling or deciding of the nature or outcome of something: genetic sex determination...
  • The gene doublesex of Drosophila is the last gene in the genetic cascade that controls sex determination.
  • Hence, Sxl does not appear to play the key discriminating role in controlling sex determination and dosage compensation in sciarids that it plays in Drosophila.
  • This indicates that the maternal Odsm1 genotype itself, rather than the genotype of the offspring, controls the sex determination.

Synonyms

setting, fixing, specification, a decision about, settlement, designation, allotment, arrangement, choice, naming, nomination, appointment, establishment, authorization, prescription
4 Law The cessation of an estate or interest.It however now seems clear, from a case in Yelverton, that the assignment by the tenant at will of his interest to a third party is no determination of the tenancy, unless the lessor at will have notice....
  • Thus during the war a lease could have been granted for 10 years with a provision for determination if the war ended earlier, and this would satisfy the rule in Lace v Chantler.
5 archaic A tendency to move in a fixed direction.Second, retained membranes and septic substances result in a determination of blood to the uterus....
  • The image of God in which man was created did not consist in an inclination and determination of the will to holiness.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the senses 'settlement of a controversy by a judge or by reasoning' and 'authoritative opinion'): via Old French from Latin determinatio(n-), from the verb determinare (see determine).

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