| 单词 | determinate |
| 释义 | determinate (once / 2380 pages) adj Do you have a determinate personal budget? Welcome to the club. So do most people, unless you happen to be Warren Buffet or Bill Gates. Anything determinate has a fixed limit to it. Slightly differently, determinate can also refer to something that has a clearly visible limit of form. For example, although no two snowflakes are ever exactly alike, they all share a certain "determinate form," that is they all have six arms. WORD FAMILYdeterminate: determinately, determinateness, determinative, indeterminate+/determinative: determinatively, determinatives/indeterminable: indeterminably/indeterminate: indeterminable, indeterminacy, indeterminately, indeterminateness USAGE EXAMPLES“Determinate sentences undermine the whole philosophy that incarceration should be a time for people to prepare themselves to integrate back into society,” Mr. Beck said. New York Times(Dec 04, 2016) It contains about a thick pamphlet’s worth of tough-love pointers about how the most successful people think long-range, form definite plans, pursue determinate goals. New York Times(Jul 22, 2016) Success in the relatively new medium of podcasting will be a key determinate in the network’s ability to remain relevant. The Guardian(May 05, 2016) 1adj supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement a determinate answer to the problem Syn definitive conclusive forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question 2adj precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause a determinate distance a determinate number determinate variations in animals Syn|Ant fixed (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value indeterminate, undetermined not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance uncertainnot established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown inconclusivenot conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question indeterminable, undeterminablenot capable of being definitely decided or ascertained cost-plusdetermining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit open-endedallowing for a spontaneous response 3adj not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex determinate growth Syn|Ant cymose having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side indeterminate having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex racemosehaving stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow |
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