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单词 decide
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decidedecide /dɪˈsaɪd/ verb 1 to make a choice about doing something decide
to make a choice about what you are going to do, after thinking about all the possibilities:
  • I decided to learn Spanish instead of French.
  • Have you decided what you’re going to wear to the party?
  • make up your mind (informal)
    to decide what you are going to do and be unlikely to change your decision:
  • She made up her mind to look for a new job.
  • make a decision
    to decide what you are going to do after thinking carefully about something important:
  • They made a decision not to have children.
  • choose
    to decide to do something, especially when this is different from what people expect or tell you to do:
  • I told her not to go out with him, but she chose to ignore my advice.
  • opt
    to choose to do one thing instead of another:
  • Some people in the group opted to take the bus instead of a cab.
  • come to a decision also reach a decision
    to officially decide something important after discussing and thinking carefully about it. You use come to a decision and reach a decision about a decision that a group of people makes:
  • After several weeks of discussions, the committee still has not come to a decision on how to spend the money.
  • resolve AWL (formal)
    to decide that you will definitely do something:
  • After failing the test, she resolved to study harder.
  • ➔ see choose for decide on meaning “to choose one thing from many possible choices”
    2 to decide that something is true decide
    to make a judgment about something after thinking about all the information:
  • I can’t decide whether he was serious or joking.
  • We decided that the trip to Hawaii would be too expensive.
  • conclude AWL (formal)
    to decide that something is true from the information you have:
  • The jury listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.
  • determine (formal)
    to decide what is true by finding out the facts about something:
  • Experts have determined that the signature on the letter was a fake.
  • come to the conclusion also reach the conclusion
    to decide that something is true after thinking carefully about all the facts:
  • After talking to several people, I came to the conclusion that Joe was lying.
  • The committee reached the conclusion that the program was not achieving the results they wanted.
  • infer AWL (formal)
    to decide that something is probably true because of what you see or hear, but not because you are told something directly. Infer is most often used in scientific, literary, and formal writing:
  • We can infer from her letters that she was very unhappy at this time, even though she never really complains.
  • deduce AWL (formal)
    to decide that something must be true by thinking carefully about the facts that you know. You use deduce to talk about scientific or technical decisions:
  • By looking at when and where people became infected, scientists deduced that mosquitoes were spreading the disease.
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