单词 | decide |
释义 | decide (once / 24 pages) v To decide is to make up your mind to do (or not do) something. People decide hundreds of things a day, from what to eat to what TV shows to watch. Deciding involves making decisions — choosing what to do. There are a lot of things in life to decide, such as where to live, what school to go to, where to apply for a job, and what kind of clothes to buy and wear. At any restaurant, there are hundreds of options: you have to decide which is right for you. You can also say that if a touchdown ended a game, it decided the game. WORD FAMILYdecide: decided, decides, deciding, decision, decisive+/decided: decidedly, undecided/decision: decisions, indecision/decisive: decisively, decisiveness, indecisive/indecision: indecisions/indecisive: indecisively, indecisiveness/undecided: undecidedly USAGE EXAMPLESOr you decide to cut down on alcohol but you keep drinking. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) He was so supportive, she said, that she and her team decided to undertake even more changes. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Raiders, too, are waiting to decide which quarterback to start, Matt McGloin — nursing a shoulder injury — or Connor Cook. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v reach, make, or come to a decision about something We finally decided after lengthy deliberations Syn|Hypo determine, make up one's mind measure, measure out, mensurate determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of choose, pick out, select, takepick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives willdetermine by choice sealdecide irrevocably purpose, resolvereach a decision decree, ruledecide with authority orient, orientatedetermine one's position with reference to another point adjudicate, judge, tryput on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulatebring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations standardise, standardizecause to conform to standard or norm empanel, impanel, panelselect from a list shootmeasure the altitude of by using a sextant triangulatemeasure by using trigonometry caliper, callipermeasure the diameter of something with calipers anointchoose by or as if by divine intervention fieldselect (a team or individual player) for a game sieve, siftdistinguish and separate out drawselect or take in from a given group or region dialchoose by means of a dial go, plumpgive support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number pickselect carefully from a group electchoose excerpt, extract, take outtake out of a literary work in order to cite or copy cull out, winnowselect desirable parts from a group or list cream off, skim offpick the best pick over, sieve outseparate or remove assign, set apart, specifyselect something or someone for a specific purpose single outselect from a group override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverserule against think ofchoose in one's mind calibratemeasure the caliber of define, determine, fix, limit, set, specifydecide upon or fix definitely rule in, rule outinclude or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules guide, guide onuse as a guide reorient, reorientateorient once again, after a disorientation adopt, espouse, followchoose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans screen, screen out, sieve, sortexamine in order to test suitability vote inelect in a voting process electselect by a vote for an office or membership nominate, proposeput forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position voteexpress one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote court-martialsubject to trial by court-martial district, zoneregulate housing in; of certain areas of towns 2v influence or determine The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election Hyper determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape shape or influence; give direction to 3v bring to an end; settle conclusively The case was decided The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff Syn|Hypo|Hyper adjudicate, resolve, settle judge determine the result of (a competition) adjustdecide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim referee, umpirebe a referee or umpire in a sports competition end, terminate bring to an end or halt 4v cause to decide This new development finally decided me! Hyper cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner |
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