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  • Conjugation : past  decided ; ing  deciding
  • Derivatives : n  decider ; adj  decidable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

decide [dɪ'saɪd]
  1. 1. vt. [+question] [ argument] (settle) 解决
  2. 2. vt. [+person] (persuade) 使下决心
    I don't know what decided me to come.
    我不知道什么使我下决心这儿
  3. 3. vi. 决定
    to decide to do sth
    决定做某事
    to decide on {or} upon sth
    决定某事
    to decide in favour of/against (doing) sth
    决定(做)某事/反对(做)某事
    to decide that...
    决定
    I can't decide whether...
    无法决定是否

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

decide [dɪˈsaɪd]
  1. 1. vi. 决定下决心
    We decided on a 42 inch television.
    我们决定一个42英寸电视机
    We finally decided after lengthy deliberations.
    经过长时间考虑我们最终做出了决定
  2. 2. verb 解决裁决判决
    At the end of August, the first arbitration case was decided upon.
    8月底,第一个仲裁案件判定
    The case was decided.
    这个案件已经判决了。
    The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.
    法官对该案件做出了有利于原告判决
  3. 3. vt. 使作决定,使下决心
    The television ad decided me to buy a new computer.
    电视广告使我下定决心买一台新电脑。
    This new development finally decided me!
    一新进展最终让我下定决心
  4. 4. vt. 决定影响
    The public reaction to the news will decide his fate.
    公众对于新闻反应决定他的命运
    The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the presidential election.
    新罕布什尔州的投票往往决定总统选举结果

Collins English-English Dictionary

decide [dɪ'saɪd]
  1. 1. vb [may take a clause or an infinitive as object; when intr, sometimes foll by on or about] to reach a decision
    decide what you want
    he decided to go
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to cause (a person) to reach a decision
    the weather decided me against going
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to determine or settle (a contest or question)
    he decided his future plans
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to influence decisively the outcome of (a contest or question)
    Borg's stamina decided the match
  5. 5. vi. [intr; foll by for or against] to pronounce a formal verdict
  6. 6. vi. [Etymology] C14: from Old French decider, from Latin decidere, literally: to cut off, from caedere to cut

Examples

to decide a case on its merits
根据是非曲直断案
Please let me know in advance whether you decide to come or not.
请提前通知我你是否来访。
I'll decide to go or not according to how I feel tomorrow morning.
我要看明早的身体状况来决定去还是不去。
Remember that whatever you decide to do I'll be with you.
记住,无论你决定做什么我都会支持你。
He has authority to decide, subject to the President's approval.
只要经由总统批准,他就有权决定。

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