记忆方法
将“determine”分解为“de”表示完全、彻底，“term”表示期限、界限，想象决定某事需要彻底界定其界限或期限，从而形成坚定不移的决心。这种方法通过联想两个部分的意义来帮助记忆单词的整体含义。
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词族 · determine
中文词源
determine 确定，决定
de-, 向下。-term, 边界，界限，词源同term, terminal. 即划下界限，明确。
英语词源
- determine
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determine: [14] The central meaning of determine is ‘fix a limit to’, as in ‘determine the scope of an enquiry’. It comes via Old French determiner from Latin dētermināre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and termināre ‘limit’ (source of English terminate). Its connotations of ‘firm resolve’, a 17th-century development, came via an intermediate sense ‘come to a firm decision on’.
=> terminate - determine (v.)
- mid-14c., "to come to an end," also "to settle, decide" (late 14c.), from Old French determiner (12c.) or directly from Latin determinare "to enclose, bound, set limits to," from de- "off" (see de-) + terminare "to mark the end or boundary," from terminus "end, limit" (see terminus). Sense of "coming to a firm decision" (to do something) is from mid-15c. Related: Determined; determining; determiner.
权威例句
- 1. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar
- 决定你人生高度的，不是你的才能，而是你的态度。
- 2. A debriefing would follow this operation, to determine where it went wrong.
- 这次行动之后将会有一个任务执行情况报告会，以便确定是哪里出了问题。
- 3. An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.
- 天文学家能够测定每颗恒星的亮度。
- 4. The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.
- 波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。
- 5. Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.
- 需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。
词语辨析
【decide, resolve, determine, settle】
这组词都有“决定”的意思，其区别是：
decide: 侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。
resolve: 语气较强，强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。
determine: 指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。
settle: 指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。
这组词都有“决定”的意思，其区别是：
decide: 侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。
resolve: 语气较强，强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。
determine: 指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。
settle: 指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。