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decide

verb
 
🔊/dɪˈsaɪd/
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Word Family
  • decide verb
  • decision noun (≠ indecision)
  • decisive adjective (≠ indecisive)
  • undecided adjective
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they decide
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he / she / it decides
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past simple decided
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past participle decided
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-ing form deciding
🔊/dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [intransitive, transitive] to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them对…作出抉择；决定；选定
    • It's up to you to decide.这事由你来决定吧。🔊🔊
    • You will have to decide soon.你必须马上作决定。
    • I can't tell you what to do—you'll have to decide for yourself.我不能告诉你该做什么，你得自己决定。
    • decide to do something We've decided not to go away after all.我们到底还是决定不离开。🔊🔊
    • Why did you decide to look for a new job?您为什么决定寻找新工作？
    • She gave up politics and decided instead to focus on charity work.她放弃了政治，而决定专注于慈善工作。
    • decide (that)… The government has already decided that the law needs to be changed.政府已经决定需要修改法律。
    • She decided that she wanted to live in France.她决定要住在法国。
    • decide what, whether, etc… You have the right to decide what you want to do.您有权决定要做什么。
    • I can't decide what to wear.我拿不定主意穿什么。🔊🔊
    • She couldn’t decide whether he was telling the truth or not.她无法决定他是否在说真话。
    • decide between A and B It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.很难在这两个候选人之间决定取舍。🔊🔊
    • decide against something She finally decided against a career in medicine.她最终决定放弃医学职业。
    • decide against doing something They decided against taking legal action.他们决定不提起诉讼。🔊🔊
    • decide something Sales figures will ultimately decide the future of these types of games.销售数字将最终决定这些类型游戏的未来。
    • We might be hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet.我们或许会再多雇些人，不过现在什么都还没定下来。🔊🔊
    • The venue for the concert has yet to be decided.音乐会的举行地点尚未确定。
    • it is decided (that)… It was decided that the school should purchase new software.已经决定学校要购买新软件。
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    Extra Examples
    • You choose—I can't decide.你来选吧，我拿不定主意。
    • It's time to decide whether you want to continue.现在是时候决定是否要继续了。
    • We've reluctantly decided to sell the house.我们已经很不情愿地决定卖掉房子。
    • They had unanimously decided to go with the captain's plan.他们一致决定执行船长的计划。
    • The exact time of the meeting is still to be decided.开会的具体时间待定。
    • They decided in favour of reducing the fees.他们决定减低费用。
    Topics Preferences and decisionsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • eventually
    • finally
    • ultimately
    • …
    verb + decide
    • be able to
    • be unable to
    • cannot
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • between
    • in favour/​favor of
    • …
    phrases
    • decide for yourself
    • the task of deciding something
    • to be decided
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [transitive, intransitive] (law法律) to make an official or legal judgement裁决；判决
    • decide something The case will be decided by a jury.这案件将由陪审团裁决。🔊🔊
    • decide for/in favour of somebody | decide in somebody’s favour The Appeal Court decided in their favour.上诉法院作出了有利于他们的裁定。🔊🔊
    • decide against somebody It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.法官判你败诉总是有可能的。🔊🔊
    • decide on something He challenged her right as governor to decide on the matter.作为理事她是否有权决断此事，他提出了质疑。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • eventually
    • finally
    • ultimately
    • …
    verb + decide
    • be able to
    • be unable to
    • cannot
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • between
    • in favour/​favor of
    • …
    phrases
    • decide for yourself
    • the task of deciding something
    • to be decided
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [transitive] to affect the result of something影响（或决定）…的结果
    • decide something A mixture of skill and good luck decided the outcome of the game.技术和运气结合在一起决定了比赛的结果。🔊🔊
    • decide if, whether, etc… A number of factors decide whether a movie will be successful or not.一部电影成功与否是由许多因素决定的。🔊🔊
  4. [transitive] to be the reason why somebody does something成为（某人）做某事的原因
    • For most customers, price is the deciding factor.对大多数顾客来说，价格是决定性因素。🔊🔊
    • decide somebody (to do something) They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.他们愿意免费为我提供一年的住宿，这就使我下定了决心。🔊🔊
    • decide something (for somebody) That decided it for me: I wasn't carrying my bike back up those stairs.这让我作出了决定：我才不会把自行车搬上那些楼梯。
    5. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘bring to a settlement’): from French décider, from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’.