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单词 determine
释义
determine
verb
uk
/dɪˈtɜː.mɪn/us
/dɪˈtɝː.mɪn/

determineverb(DECIDE)

C1[Toften passive]
tocontrolorinfluencesomethingdirectly, or todecidewhat willhappen:
确定，决定；影响
Thenumberofstaffwe can take on will be determined by how muchmoneywe'reallowedtospend.我们雇用的人数将取决于可支配资金的多少。
Yourhealthis determined inpartby what youeat.在某种程度上你的健康状况取决于你的饮食。
Eyecolourisgeneticallydetermined.眼睛的颜色是由遗传基因决定的。
[+ question word]formalOfficials will determinewhetheror not thegamewill beplayed.官员将决定这场比赛能否进行。
People should beallowedto determinetheirownfuture.应该允许人们决定自己的未来。
[T]formal
to make astrongdecision:
下决心
[+ that]She determinedthatonedayshe would be anactor.她决心将来当演员。
[+ to infinitive]Onleavingjail, Joe determinedtoreform.出狱后乔决心改过自新。
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  • Genes determine how wedevelopfrom themomentthespermfuseswith theegg.
  • Theeconomyisregardedas thedecisive/keyfactorwhich will determine theoutcomeof thegeneralelection.
  • Thesuccessof theeventwill be determined by thevagariesof theweather.
  • Peoplewantto determinetheirowndestinies.
  • Theamountofmoneythebankiswillingtolendis determined by thevalueof theproperty.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Decisions and deciding
  • ascription
  • balance
  • be make or break forsomeone/somethingidiom
  • be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
  • choose
  • clinch
  • fight
  • fish
  • fix
  • in the balanceidiom
  • judgment call
  • judicial review
  • make or breaksomethingidiom
  • make upyourmindidiom
  • resolution
  • toss up
  • unadjudicated
  • unelected
  • volition
  • volitional
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determineverb(DISCOVER)

C1[T]formal
todiscoverthefactsortruthabout something:
找出，确定，测定；查明
Thepoliceneveractuallydetermined thecauseofdeath.警方实际上从未查明死因。
[+ question word]It is theresponsibilityof thecourtto determinewhetherthese men areinnocent.确定这些人是否无辜是法庭的责任。
[+ that]Thejurydeterminedthatthe men wereguilty.陪审团裁决那些人有罪。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Finding and discovering
  • a fishing expeditionidiom
  • ascertain
  • break (fresh/new) groundidiom
  • breakthrough
  • bringsomethingto lightidiom
  • catchsomeonered-handedidiom
  • flushsomeone/somethingout
  • fossick
  • found
  • geocache
  • pinpoint
  • putsomeoneontosomething
  • putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
  • rake
  • rakesomethingout
  • red-handed
  • rediscover
  • rumble
  • sniff
  • uncover
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(Definition ofdeterminefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

determine| American Dictionary

determine
verb
us
/dɪˈtɜr·mən/

determineverb(DECIDE)

tocontrolorinfluencedirectly; todecide:
[T]We should beallowedto determineourownfuture.
[T]Eyecolorisgeneticallydetermined.
[+ to infinitive]He determined tofindout therealreason.

determineverb(DISCOVER)

[T]
tofindout or makecertainfactsorinformation:
Thepoliceneveractuallydetermined thecauseofdeath.
[+ question word]I can’t determine whyyourphoneisn’tworking.
[+ that clause]Theinvestigationdetermined that thedeathwasaccidental.
(Definition ofdeterminefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

determine| Business English

determine
verb[Toften passive]
uk
/dɪˈtɜːmɪn/us
tocontrolorinfluencesomethingdirectly, or todecidewhat willhappen:
Thenumberofstaffwe can take on will be determined by how muchmoneywe'reallowedtospend.
Thecompanywill determine whichstorestocloseby the end ofNovember.
todiscoverthefactsortruthabout something:
determine whether/why/how, etc.Theofficewillconductafollow-upauditto determine whetherchangesandimprovementshave been made.
(Definition ofdeterminefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdetermine

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The firm determines its production plans to maximize its profit.
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Particularly troubling to us is that no means is offered for determining at what time(s) a given parameter reflects either planning or control.
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The mass of the plume slab is determined by the amount of material ejected from the target when thermalized by the electron beam.
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This is why it is much easier todeterminewhether a philosophical principle is true than todeterminethe extent of its validity.
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The location of sulci could nonetheless be determined by referring to the photographs taken during each stage of the flatmounting process.
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The tone tests reinforced an aesthetic determined by technological reproduction.
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A challenge in responding to such requests is in determining the comparative benefits and risks of different stem cell transplant methods.
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These paths for the robot can be determined easily by expanding our analysis to more cases.
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The stability result (i) says that the evolution of the capital intensity is uniquely determined by the random fixed point.
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It has been found that radiation transport plays an essential role at stagnation phase, determining the final distribution of density and temperature.
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Bioquant image analysis software was used todeterminethe area of each circular lesion, which was later used to calculate the radius of each lesion.
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A hand-held, 1-cm square black flag was used to explore the multiunit visual responses anddeterminethe center of their receptive fields.
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The collective results suggest that neural populations, rather than the individual cell,determinethe spatial proper ties of its receptive field.
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This analysis showed that this social role remains very important and appears todeterminethe current social stratification.
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Their roles in friendships changed too in that they needed todeterminehow their friends were responding to their illness and adapt to that.
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