decide [ di'said] vt.决定，决心；解决
decide for 作对…有利的决定
decide on 选定，决定
decide [di'said] v. 决定;下决心
decide [di'said] v.(使)判定，判断
The value of a man is decided by what he has contributed, not by what he has obtained.
人的价值取决于他所贡献的，而非他所获取的。
In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
归根结底，是对死亡的看法决定了我们对生活所提出的一切问题的回答。
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
会议就是重要人物的聚会，他们独自干不了什么事，但是在一起能决议什么事也干不了。
She has not yet decided which discipline to study at college.
她没有决定在大学修哪门学科。
He's decided to have a look at the house for it is well worth buying.
他决定去看看这栋房子，因为它非常值得去买。
He decided to trade his car for a truck.
他决定用小汽车换卡车。
We decide to go out regardless of the weather.
不管天气如何，我们都决定出门。
He decided to end his connection with the socialist party.
他决定与社会党断绝关系。
You have to decide either to stay at home or to go out with me. There is no middle point.
你要么待在家里，要么跟我走，没有折中的办法。
After reflecting on it, I have decided to give up the job.
经过一番思考，我决定放弃那项工作。
You should reflect on the likely result before you decide to do something.
决定做一件事之前应考虑可能产生的后果。
The major decided to retreat because his men did not have enough arms to fight on.
上校决定撤退，因他没有足够的武器打下去。
He decided to stay at his job as a trashman for another two years.
他决定再当两年垃圾工。
After evaluating the patient's condition, the doctor decided to try a new drug.
对病人的病情进行检查以后，医生决定试用一种新药。
I decided to conduct an experiment.
我决定做一个实验。
As to (doing) that, I haven’t decided yet.
关于 (做) 那件事, 我尚未决定。
After she qualified as a lawyer, she decided to specialize in business law.
在取得律师资格后, 她决定专攻商法。
She decided to submit to the new rules.
她决定接受新的规则。
He decided to turn over a new leaf after that.
自那以后, 他决定洗心革面, 重新做人。
We must consider each aspect of this plan before we decide.
决定之前，我们必须考虑此计划的每个方面。
The company has decided to venture into computer production as well as design.
公司决定不仅从事计算机设计，也涉足计算机生产。
I've decided not to sell the house.
我决定不卖房子了。
Have you decided?
你决定了吗？
No, I haven't decided yet.
不，还没有。
He decided to bring a suit against his boss.他决定起诉他的老板。
We may be able to decide whether someone is white only by seeing if they have none of the features that would mark them clearly as a member of another race.
只要一个人没有属于其他人种的明显的特征，我们就可以判断他是否属于白色人种。
The boys have decided to go camping next week.
男孩子们已决定下个星期去露营。
Let's flip a coin to decide who should go first - do you want heads or tails?
我们来抛硬币决定谁先走吧，你是要正面还是要反面？
Don't decide on important matters too quickly.
不要过于匆忙地对重要的事情作决定。
He decided to get married.
他决定结婚。
We decided to delay our wedding until next year.
我们决定把婚礼推迟到明年。
The writer decided to live in the Sahara Desert for some time.
那位作家决定去撒哈拉沙漠住一段日子。
It was difficult for us to decide which road to take.
对我们来说，很难决定走哪一条路。
These two brothers decided to go to America to try their fortunes.
这兄弟俩决定去美国碰碰运气。
After a few tries they decided to give up.
试了几次后，他们决定放弃。
你定时间吧。
You decide when.
I'll leave it up to you. (全交给你了。)
It's your decision. (你定吧。)
你定地点吧。
You decide where.
Wherever you want is okay. (哪儿都行，只要你觉得好。)
毕业以后你打算做什么?
What are your plans after graduation?
What are your plans after graduation? (毕业以后你打算做什么?)
I haven't decided yet. (我还没有决定。)
What are you going to do after you graduate?
我已经决定了。
I've decided.
I've decided to move. (我已经决定搬家了。)
Really? (真的?)
I've made up my mind.
I've come to a decision.
你决定吧!
You decide.
Do you want to go out or stay home? (你想出去，还是在家?)
You decide. (你决定吧!)
我仍然无法决定我该做什么。
I'm still unable to decide what to do.
What are you going to do? (你打算做什么?)
I'm still unable to decide what to do. (我仍然无法决定该做什么。)
I'm still undecided. (我还下不了决心。)
I still can't decide what to do. (我还无法决定我该干什么。)
I'm still unsure. (我仍然没有把握。)
三思而后行。
Make up your mind after thinking it over carefully. *make up one's mind 常用词组，表示decide(下决心)。带有“仔细考虑之后再下决定”的语感。
Make your decision after you give it a lot of thought.
Think it over carefully before you decide.
那随你的便。
That's up to you. *up to... 表示“随……的便”、“由……决定”。
Should I buy a red car or a blue car? (我是买红色的汽车还是买蓝的?)
That's up to you. (那就随便你喽。)
You choose.
You decide.
决定之前再好好考虑考虑。
Think twice before you decide.
随你吧。
It's up to you.
You decide.
How did you decide that product was safe?
你怎样决定产品是安全的呢？
How did you decide that product was safe?
你怎样决定产品是安全的呢？
It's up to you to decide.
这主要取决于你。
A It’s difficult deciding on a future career.
A 决定将来的事业是一件很难的事情。
B What do you mean?
B 你的意思是？
A Just now, I’m not sure what kind of work I like.
A 目前，我不太确定我喜欢做什么工作。
B I suppose there are lots of different paths you could take.
B 我想你有很多条路可以选择。
A Yes, to some degree. But I’m just not sure which is the best. I don’t want to work in an office all my life.
A 是的，在某种程度上是这样。但是我不太确定哪个是最好的选择。我不想一辈子在办公室里工作。
B The best thing is to try various jobs and see which you like most.
B 最好的办法是尝试各种工作，看看你最喜欢哪一个。
A Do you know when you want to fly to Shanghai?
A 你知道你什么时候想飞往上海吗？
B Not yet, but I’ll decide when I’ve checked everything on the website.
B 还不知道，但是当我在网上查完的时候我就将做出决定。
A Well, when you have decided, then you can book your tickets.
A 哦，当你做出决定以后你就可以订票了。
B Can I book the tickets online? Is that possible?
B 我能在网上订票吗？可能吗？
A Yes, I think so. It depends on the airline, I think. You’ll need your credit card details.
A 是的，我想可以。这取决于航空公司，我想。你将需要你的信誉卡的细节。
B OK, I’ll try. Hopefully, I can do everything online.
B 好的，我试一试。但愿一切我都能在网上完成。
A Are you going to the big concert next weekend?
A 你下周末要去看那场大型音乐会吗？
B I’d love to! Where is it?
B 我想去！在哪里举行？
A It’s in the Worker’s Stadium. The tickets are on sale now. You should make your mind up quickly before they are sold out.
A 在工人体育馆。现在正在售票。你应该快点决定下来，不然票就卖光了。
B I know. Are they expensive? I can’t afford too much.
B 我知道。票贵吗？我买不起太贵的。
A Yes, some are very expensive. But they also have cheaper tickets. It depends on where you sit.
A 是的，有些票很贵。但是也有一些便宜的票。这取决于你坐在哪里。
B You’re right – I must decide today.
B 你说得对——我今天必须做出决定。
A Let’s see the menu. What would you like?
A 咱们看看菜单。你想吃什么？
B I don't know. There're a lot to choose from the menu.
B 我不知道。菜单上有很多菜可以选择。
A Would you like me to help?
A 你愿意我来帮忙吗？
B Yes, please. It's all new to me.
B 当然，请吧。我对这里完全陌生。
A Right, first I'll explain some of the dishes and then you can decide.
A 好的，首先我介绍几个菜，然后你就能决定点什么了。
B Thank you so much. There are so many things on the menu, I don’t know what to choose.
B 非常感谢。菜单上有这么多的菜。我都不知道该选什么了。
A Can I look at your telephone directory?
A 我能看一下你的电话簿吗？
B Go ahead.
B 请吧。
A Thanks. I didn’t know that - the code for Canada is the same as the States!
A 谢谢。我不知道——加拿大和美国的国际区号是一样的。
B That's right. What's the UK code?
B 是这样的。英国的国际区号是多少？
A The code for the UK is zero zero four four.
A 英国的国际区号是0044。
B How do they decide codes, I wonder.
B 我想知道这些国际区号是怎样指定的。
A Hi! What are your plans for the weekend?
A 你好！你周末有什么计划？
B I don’t really know yet. I’d like to hear some live music.
B 现在还不太清楚。我想听一些现场音乐。
A There are some good clubs for music. Where are you going?
A 有一些不错的酒吧里有音乐。你想去哪里？
B I haven’t decided. Is there somewhere you can recommend?
B 我还没有决定。你能推荐某个地方吗？
A You might find some around Sanlitun, or Houhai or Haidan.
A 你可以在三里屯，后海或者海淀一带找到这样的地方。
B I’ve heard that Haidan was good for clubs. Maybe I’ll try there.
B 我听说后海的俱乐部很不错。也许我该到那里看看。
A Panjiayuan Market is really good, but I can’t decide what to buy.
A 潘家园市场真是太棒了， 但是我就是决定不了要买什么。
B What kind of thing are you looking for?
B 这得根据你决定想买那类的？
A I don’t know. Maybe a painting, maybe some silk, maybe some jade.
A 我不知道。可能一些画，或者丝绸，或者玉佩之类的。
B Well, you can buy almost anything here! Try and choose something.
B 嗯， 你可以买到任何东西! 试试选择一些东西。
I can’t decide where to go on holiday.
我不知道假期应该去哪里。
I can’t decide what to do this weekend.
我不知道这个周末干干什么。
I can’t decide which restaurant to go to tonight.
我不确定今晚去哪里吃饭。
I can’t decide which shirt to buy.
我不知道应该买哪件衬衫。
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson, American president
人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。
美国总统杰斐逊.T.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson, American president
人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。
美国总统杰斐逊.T.
on : 开始某活动(in or into an active operation)
work on 从事
fall on 攻击
hit on 突然向起
bring on 引起
get on 取得进展
look on 旁观, 观看
call on 拜访
figure on 打算,希望
fix on 决心
get on 进步, 友好相处
pick on 批评
plan on 打算
decide on 决定
reflect on 思考, 反思
remark on 评论，议论
settle on 决定
spur on 鼓励
urge on 督促
that’s good for you. 对你是一件很好的事!
a: i’ve decide to go back to school for some training in programing.
A: 我决定再回学校修点程序设计的课。
b: good for you. when would you like to start?
B: 不错啊! 打算什么时后开始呢?
“good for you” 是用在听到某人(将要或已经)做一件对他自己有益的事时, 所表示「认同」的话。好比一个从来不运动的人告诉你, 他要开始每天运动了, 你就可以回答“Good for you!”。
come clean 全盘托出，招供
The criminal decided to come clean.
罪犯决定供出事实。
"I am not sure if my wife wants me to go shopping with her on Sunday. If she decides to go with her sister instead, then I can play tennis with you. Let's just play it by ear."
“我还不知道星期天我太太是否要我陪她去买东西。要是她决定和她姐姐一起出去，那我就能和你去打网球。我们就瞧着办吧!”
- stand on one's feet 自食其力
The Chinese Communist Party decided to stand on their feet during the Liberation Campaign. People in Naniwan were called upon to develop agriculture.
- be too good to be true 好的令人难以置信
Yesterday Joe received a letter saying that the company decides to offer her a job with a salary which was too good to be true.
- wash one's hands off something 洗手不干某事
Mr. Butcher, with a long family history of gambling, decided to wash his hand off gambling.
- take something to heart 往心里去/认真接受意见等
Tom decided to take his father's words to heart and wash his hands off smoking.
- call it quits 作罢
Mary and Tom had been in love for several years. But these days, they began to realize that they had very little in common. They decided to call it quits.
- break ranks with someone 与……分道扬镳
反义词为：close ranks with someone
People within one party gradually had conflicts on some political issues. Some of them decided to break ranks with others and set up a new party.
- Walk all over someone 任意欺负某人
My neighbor walked all over me. He left rubbish in my door, stamped on my grass and wax my windows. I decided to fight back.
- Drive someone to the wall 把某人逼得走投无路
He hates learning foreign languages. But the challenging situation drives him to the wall. He decides to go to an evening class.
We've decided to entrust you with the sole agency for cars.
我们决定委托你作为我们汽车的独家代理。
In accordance with increased volume of our trade in …..(PLACE), we have decided to institute a new branch in ……(PLACE).
根据我公司在……(地名）贸易量的增加，决定在……(地名）设立新的分公司。
Mr. ……(Ms. ……), who has been showing an excellent ability as our …… representative since ……, has now decided to retire from the service. Accordingly, he (she) will be unauthorized to accept any orders or to collect any account on and
after…….
……先生自……年以来任我公司驻……代表，能力卓越，现已决定退休，自……(日期)起，他(她)已无权接受任何定单或收帐。
裁断 decide
裁夺 decide
If you haven’t decided, or can’t decide, or don’t know, you can say: I’m not sure / I’m not sure.
如果你还未做决定，或者无法做决定，或者不知道该做什么，你可以说：I’m not sure / 我还不太确定。
表决 [biǎo jué] /decide by vote/vote/
裁断 [cái duàn] /consider and decide/
裁夺 [cái duó] /consider and decide/
定 [dìng] /to set/to fix/to determine/to decide/to order/
决 [jué] /breach (a dyke)/to decide/to determine/
决定 [jué dìng] /to decide (to do something)/to determine/to resolve/
莫衷一是 [mò zhōng yī shì] /cannot decide which is right/
判定 [pàn dìng] /judge/decide/judgment/determination/
判断 [pàn duàn] /to decide/to determine/
谳 [yàn] /decide judicially/
作主 [zuò zhǔ] /(v) decide/(v) give support or back sb/
When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend.
当我决定辞去自己的全日制工作时决没有想到，自己竟成了一种新的国际性潮流的一分子。
You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.
你可以在头脑里勾画出一幅欲望的蓝图，就像你可以设计房屋的蓝图一样。
If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook first, and such planning is an essential for any type of meal to be served.
而我们每个人在日常生活中都在不停地画着这样的欲望蓝图。比方我们想请朋友吃晚餐，我们就会筹划菜谱、写购物单、决定先煮什么菜等，这样的筹划对于举行任何形式的宴请都是必不可少的。
This account of yourself is actually a sketch of your working life and should include education, experience and references.
你的简历实际上是对你的职业生涯的简单描述，它包括教育、经验和证明人。
Such an account is valuable.
这个描述是很有价值的，
It can be referred to in filling out standard application blanks and is extremely helpful in personal interviews.
在填写标准的申请表格时它可提供参考，在面试时更是起极大的作用。
While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
在与你谈话时，你未来的雇主将根据你的教育、你的经验和你其他的资历来确定雇用你是否值得，因此你必须把你的“商品”和能力以有序而合理连贯的方式陈列出来。
The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — including ordinary listeners and viewers — to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
英国政府发起了这场争论，它邀请每一位对BBC有看法的人——包括普通的听众和观众——对公司好坏进行评说，甚至可以评说他们是否认为公司值得办下去。
The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC's royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organisation as it is, or to make changes.
这样做的原因是BBC所持的皇家特许证于1996年到期，政府必须决定让公司维持原状还是进行变革。
Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop.
计算机分析的营销报告能有助于决定目前应重点生产哪些商品，将来开发哪些产品，哪些应停止生产。
{adj: accidental, adventitious} associated by chance and not an integral part
"poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson
"they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
{adj: ambivalent} uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
"was ambivalent about having children"
{adj: apart, separate, separated} not living together as man and wife
"decided to live apart"
"maintaining separate households"
"they are separated"
{adj: ascribable, due to, imputable, referable} (usually followed by `to') able to be assigned or credited to
"punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"
"the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"
"the oversight was not imputable to him"
"decide to which of these motives such extraordinary scenes are referable"- Charles Dickens
{adj: assumptive, assuming, presumptuous} excessively forward
"an assumptive person"
"on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"
"the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
{adj: conclusive} final and deciding
"the conclusive reason"
{adj: consistent} (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable
"testimony consistent with the known facts"
"I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR
<-> inconsistent
{adj: crucial, deciding, determinant, determinative, determining} having the power or quality of deciding
"the crucial experiment"
"cast the deciding vote"
"the determinative (or determinant) battle"
{adj: determined, dictated, set} determined or decided upon as by an authority
"date and place are already determined"
"the dictated terms of surrender"
"the time set for the launching"
{adj: disagreeable, unsympathetic} not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
"found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"
"a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"
{adj: discretionary, discretional} having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
"The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds"
{adj: distinct, decided} recognizable; marked
"noticed a distinct improvement"
"at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
{adj: hesitant, hesitating} lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
{adj: indefinite} not decided or not known
"were indefinite about their plans"
"plans are indefinite"
{adj: indeterminable, undeterminable} not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
<-> determinable
{adj: judicable} capable of being judged or decided
"judicable issues"
{adj: momentous} of very great significance
"deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"
"a momentous event"
{adj: moot} of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
{adj: open-and-shut} so obvious as to be easily solved or decided
"an open-and-shut case"
{adj: settled} established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
"with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night"
<-> unsettled
{adv: apart} away from another or others
"they grew apart over the years"
"kept apart from the group out of shyness"
"decided to live apart"
{adv: democratically} in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles
"it was decided democratically"
"democratically elected government"
<-> undemocratically
{adv: disinterestedly, without bias} without selfish motives
"he decided the case disinterestedly"
{adv: else} additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner
"nobody else is here"
"she ignored everything else"
"I don't know where else to look"
"when else can we have the party?"
"couldn't decide how else it could be done"
{adv: locally} by a particular locality
"it was locally decided"
{adv: now} in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
"President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"
"Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"
"the ship is now listing to port"
{adv: offhand, offhanded, offhandedly} without previous thought or preparation
"couldn't give the figures offhand"
"we decided offhand to go to Canada"
"she had made these remarks offhandedly"
{adv: on the spot} at the place in question; there
"they were on the spot when it happened"
"it had to be decided by the man on the spot"
{adv: on the spur of the moment, suddenly} on impulse; without premeditation
"he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"
"he made up his mind suddenly"
{n: Diocletian, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian} Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313)
{n: Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little Giant} United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
{n: arbiter, arbitrator} someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
{n: arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement} the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
"they submitted their disagreement to arbitration"
{n: casting vote} the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie
{n: confectionery} candy and other sweets considered collectively
"the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks"
{n: contrarian} an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
{n: decision making, deciding} the cognitive process of reaching a decision
"a good executive must be good at decision making"
{n: doubling, double} raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
"I decided his double was a bluff"
{n: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology} the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
"he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
{n: example, deterrent example, lesson, object lesson} punishment intended as a warning to others
"they decided to make an example of him"
{n: experiment} a venture at something new or different
"as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"
{n: ijtihad} the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen
"some reform-minded Islamic scholars believe that reopening ijtihad is a prerequisite for the survival of Islam"
{n: inside job} some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim
"the police decided that the crime was an inside job"
{n: judge, justice, jurist, magistrate} a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
{n: jumping-off place, point of departure} a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
"one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"
"my point of departure was San Francisco"
{n: madrasa, madrasah} Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan
"the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"
"many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia"
{n: move} the act of deciding to do something
"he didn't make a move to help"
"his first move was to hire a lawyer"
{n: petit jury, petty jury} a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
{n: question of fact, matter of fact} a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide
{n: question of law, matter of law} a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide
{n: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing} depositing in a warehouse
"they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"
"my car is in storage"
"publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
{n: show trial} a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance
{n: terrain} a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential
"they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"
{n: tournament, tourney} a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
{n: trial court} the first court before which the facts of a case are decided
{v: adjust} decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
{v: assign, attribute} decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
{v: call it quits, call it a day} stop doing what one is doing
"At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books"
{v: carpet bomb} bomb a large area systematically and extensively
"The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam"
{v: carry to term} carry out a pregnancy
"She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective"
<-> miscarry
{v: choose} see fit or proper to act in a certain way ; decide to act in a certain way
"She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"
{v: close, fold, shut down, close down} cease to operate or cause to cease operating
"The owners decided to move and to close the factory"
"My business closes every night at 8 P.M."
<-> open
{v: consult} when planning or deciding something
{v: decide, make up one's mind, determine} reach, make, or come to a decision about something
"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
{v: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate} bring to an end ; settle conclusively
"The case was decided"
"The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"
"The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
{v: decide} cause to decide
"This new development finally decided me!"
{v: decide} influence or determine
"The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
{v: divest, disinvest} reduce or dispose of ; cease to hold (an investment)
"The company decided to divest"
"the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"
"There was pressure on the univeristy to disinvest in South Africa"
<-> invest
{v: grass} cover with grass
"The owners decided to grass their property"
{v: gray, grey} make gray
"The painter decided to grey the sky"
{v: play along, go along} cooperate or pretend to cooperate
"He decided to play long with with the burglars for the moment"
{v: play it by ear} decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation
"She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear"
{v: purge} excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
"The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
{v: puzzle} be uncertain about ; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
"We puzzled over her sudden departure"
{v: reason, reason out, conclude} decide by reasoning ; draw or come to a conclusion
"We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
{v: rule, decree} decide with authority
"The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"
{v: rule, find} decide on and make a declaration about
"find someone guilty"
{v: run off} decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
{v: satisfice, staisfise} decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal
"optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice"
{v: seal} decide irrevocably
"sealing dooms"
{v: see} deliberate or decide
"See whether you can come tomorrow"
"let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"
{v: specify, set, determine, fix, limit} decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"
"specify the parameters"
{v: tack, wear round} turn into the wind
"The sailors decided to tack the boat"
"The boat tacked"
{v: think} decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
"Can you think what to do next?"
{v: unionize, unionise, organize, organise} form or join a union
"The autoworkers decided to unionize"
{v: wear ship} turn away from the wind
"The sailors decided it was time to wear ship"
When he goes out to tend the horses the group decides to kill him,
他出洞去喂马，游击队员决定干掉他。
Every time a grocery clerk asks, " Paper or plastic? ", the great debate between old and new, natural and synthetic, biodegradable and not, silently unfolds in a shopper's breast in the instant it takes to decide on the answer.
每当杂货店售货员问 "要纸还是要塑料？ "时，新旧观念、天然的还是合成的、能否进行生物分解等等问题就悄悄地在购物者考虑答案的瞬间，在他的心中展开争论了。
It seems that deciding whether any memory is to be finally assessed as reliable or the treacherous ally of invention will largely remain a challenge for judges and juries.
对法官和陪审团来说，断定记忆最终是可靠的事实还是不可靠的编造在很大程度上似乎仍然是个挑战。
After visiting Hollywood, Universal Studios and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, I 've decided film stardom is where the good life lies.
参观完洛杉矾的好莱坞、环球影片公司和贝佛利山，我就认定当上电影明星就会有美好生活。
On one occasion, Miss Martha noticed a red and brown stain on his fingers and decided that he was a struggling artist.
有一次，玛莎小姐注意到这人的手指上有红棕色的彩渍，由此她断定这人是位尚不出名的艺术家。
" If you don't mind, I'd like to decide for myself, " Father said.
"如果你不介意的话，我想自己下结论， "父亲说。
His father and I grew old enough to retire,
他父亲和我已到退休年龄，
and in December 1986 we decided to return to Denver. 1986年 12月我们决定回到丹佛。
In the end I gave in, because she still had the migraines, and I decided to do it for her sake. "
最后，我屈服了，因为她的偏头痛一直不好，于是我决定为她去做这件事。 "
It was so bad that I decided to run away the first night, but my wife managed to talk me out of it.
这件事是如此糟糕以致于我决定第一天晚上就逃跑，但是我妻子说服了我不要离开。
What we 've decided now is that we'll identify, assess and honor a much wider range of human abilities than just whatever it is that IQ tests measure.
我们现在已经认识到，应对人的能力所涉及的更宽泛的方面给予确认、评估和承认，而不只是智商测试所测定的那一方面。
Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married.
有时双方只是一起决定，该是结婚的时候了。
In 1990, Italian Pavarotti and Spaniard Placido Domingo decided to unite their musical forces with fellow Spaniard Caneras in a concert.
1990年，意大利人帕瓦罗蒂和西班牙人普莱西多·多明戈决定和西班牙同胞卡雷拉斯联袂举办一场音乐会。
So, at 24, I decided to drop out.
所以在 24岁时，我决定退学。
I think we'd all be a lot better off if we could take off five years in our 20s to decide what we want to do for the rest of our lives.
我觉得如果人们能在 20岁左右的时候，拿出五年时间去决定自己今后想要做什么，那可能会更快乐一些。
I decided to quit my job to become a brewer.
我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。
My mother decided she would pack our books and her fine china in a small den off the master bedroom.
妈妈决定将我们所有的书籍以及她的精美瓷器搬出大卧室，放在楼上的小书斋里。
On the day water covered the gutters outside, my father decided we would have to seek shelter in the tents on the hill.
河水淹上房外檐槽的那一天，爸爸决定，我们必须到山上的帐篷里寻求庇护了。
They had decided to meet at the foot of a hill not far from our farm. They would slowly climb the hill singing psalms.
他们已决定在离我们农场不远的山脚下集合，然后唱着圣歌慢慢爬上山。
We could do nothing but wait, wait nervously for the day they decided to choose as Judgment Day.
我们没有办法，只有等待，紧张地等着他们选作上帝最后审判日的那一天。
Rees-Jones has now decided to break his silence by writing a book, The bodyguard's Story, which gives his unalloyed account of the events leading up to the final " shambles ".
现在里斯-琼斯已决定写一本书来打破自己的沉默，书名叫《保镖的故事》，书中对最终导致汽车撞成 "一堆废铁 "的各个事件进行了原原本本的叙述。
But now, he has decided, he is not going quietly.
但是现在，他已决定不再沉默。
Listening to my friends, I almost decided not to drive across the desert alone.
我听了朋友们的话后，几乎要决定不单独驱车驶过沙漠了。
I decided to try it.
于是我决定试一试。
I sat in the car for an hour, trying to decide what to do.
我在车子里坐了一个小时，竭力考虑该怎么办。
That's when I decided, Well, let me give it a shot.
就是这个时候我决定：嘿，就让我在表演方面尝试一番。
Then a light went on, and David decided to take a chance.
当时大卫心头一亮，决定试试看。
Several years ago, interviewing candidates for a job, I grew tired of asking " What experience do you have? " So I decided on a one-question quiz to find out how resourceful a thinker the new hire might be.
几年前，我负责求职者面试工作。由于厌倦了问 "你有什么工作经验 "这一问题，于是我决定借助一个由一个问题组成的小测验，来看看求职者是否足智多谋。
Long frustrated by the dearth of makeup in the U.S. for Asian complexions, Susan decided to fill the void.
美国缺少适合亚洲人肤色的化妆品，余素兰为此困恼了很长一段时间之后，决定去填补这一市场空缺。
Graduating from high school at age 15, she decided to take time off before continuing her education. 15岁，余素兰中学毕业，她决定在继续读大学之前歇一段时间。
In 1978, three U.S. Marines based in Hawaii decided to see who was the better athlete, the swimmer who took part in the Waikiki Rough Water swim, the cyclist who competed in Oahu round-the-island bicycle race or the runner in the Honolulu marathon. 1978年，驻扎在夏威夷的三个美国水兵决定比试一下，看看谁是最好的运动员。他们中一个参加过基基海滩游泳赛，一个参加过环瓦胡岛自行车赛，一个参加过火奴鲁鲁马拉松赛。
To decide who was the best, each athlete had to also complete the others events.
为了判定谁是最佳运动员，每个人都必须参加其他两项比赛。
But the idea was so simple and animal studies so encouraging that Elan researchers decided to try it out on people.
但是，这思路非常简单，而且动物实验结果令人欢欣鼓舞。于是，埃兰医药公司的科研人员决定在人上作试验。
A guide to upcoming programs helps you decide what to watch.
有一份节目预告帮助你选择收看的内容。
He claims that the new-wave agencies deeper understanding of information technology gives them a decided edge. we think and breathe digital, our soul is digital.
我们用数字思维，用数字呼吸，我们的灵魂都是数字的。
So rather than waste money on a guidebook that was bound to be outdated before it appeared on the shelves of my local bookstore, I decided to search online.
于是我决定，其浪费钱去买本在书店一出现就已经过时的旅行指南，不如直接到网上搜寻一番。
I finally decided to put our log-cabin Web dreams on hold and search the old-fashioned way at a bookstore.
最後我决定停止我的网络木屋之梦，重新使用老一套的寻找办法到书店去。
Another key factor is likely to be whether national social security programs decide to pay for the treatment.
政府提供的社会福利项目是否愿意为此药物支付费用，这也有可能成为一个关键性的因素。
Instead of acknowledging the folly of war, or the horrors that Japan's ruthless army had perpetrated in Asia, the Emperor and Japan's postwar leaders decided that they would embrace the victor's strength?? the edge in technology enjoyed by the U.S.
日本天皇及战后几代领导人没有承认战争的愚蠢及残暴的日本军队在亚洲犯下的罪行，而是决定迎接战胜国的强项──美国人在技术方面的优势。二战之后帮助日本重建的美国人支持日本进行了一场制造业革命。
With a rising swell and the wind touching 20-knots, the Young America's skipper decided to tack in order to maintain his advantage.
尽管风急（风速接近 20节）浪高，这位船长仍决定抢风航行，以确保领先优势。
When he started to consider business opportunities on the Internet, Bezos decided to research mail-order companies.
开始思考互联网提供的商机时，贝索斯决定研究一下邮购公司。
He is the person credited with revitalizing contemporary haute couture and the man who decides which designers are suitable to be nominated for membership.
当代高级时装业的振兴要归功于格鲁巴赫。他决定哪些设计师有资格被提名加入该机构。
We decided we'd have to abandon ship.
我们决定弃船。
Dent died in 1994, but members of the Meijer family, which founded an American supermarket chain and established the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan, read about Dent and decided to build one of the horses for their sculpture garden.
登特于 1994年去世。美国有一个梅杰家族，创建了一家美国超市连锁店，并在密执安州的大急流城修建了弗雷德里克·梅杰花园。该家族的成员得知登特的事情后，决定在他们的雕塑园中铸造一座骏马雕像。
Each European concert also featured a few choice tidbits from Tracks, the four-CD retrospective of previously unreleased material that Springsteen finally decided to give his fans in honor of his induction into the Rock&; Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year.
每一场欧洲音乐会上还演出了他轨迹中的一些精品节目。轨迹是斯普林斯廷为早些时候未发表的作品出的四张 CD 回顾作品集。
For example, you l decide if you want to give orders to your car's computer about directions or if you would prefer to speak directly to a customer representative who would give you the same information.
比如，你将决定是向车上计算机发出方向的指令，还是直接跟客户服务代表讲话，他也可以给你同样的信息。
Whatever technology the industry decides to back, this much is clear: while you will still be able to choose the color of your future car, it will doubtless be green.
不管汽车业准备支持哪种技术，有一点是非常清楚的：虽然将来你仍然能够选择自己汽车的颜色，但那一定是有益於环保。
" We decided to create a product that could become part of someone's everyday life. "
我们决定创造一种人们日常生活用的产品。
The two Erics decided the best way to beat the. com system( and make some easy money) was to circumvent it.
这两个埃里克认为，击败. com 系统（同时轻松地赚点钱）的最好办法是绕过它。
Ronald Amundsen finally accomplished the task 1912, but Shackleton decided to go it on foot, a deed never tried.
罗纳德·阿蒙森最终于 1912年成功到达南极，但沙克尔顿决定步行登上南极，那可是从没人试过的创举。
I assume many millions more are deciding whether to get one or a device that runs the rival Windows CE or the Psion 5mx.
我假设还有数以百万计的人正在考虑是否买一个这样的东西，或者一个可以运行与其竞争的 Windows CE 或 Psion5mx 的装置。
Chin's firm has decided to fund iEscrow, and he's here to seal the deal.
钱永强的公司决定投资 iEscrow ，这次他是来签订最后的协议。
This situation is one commonly encountered by evolutionary biologists, who must often decide whether a characteristic is adaptive or selectively neutral.
这一情形乃进化论生物学家所经常遇见的现象，他们常常必须确定某一特征是否是适应性的，或在选择方面仅是中性的。
"Another thing the country will have to come to grips with is trying to decide whether or not it's possible to develop other reserves in other parts of the Gulf of Mexico," said Mr. Flanagan. "The whole east of the Gulf of Mexico has basically been off-line from leasing for quite a long time. And just now people are beginning to wonder if it's time to actually go out there and at least do an assessment of what might be available for drilling."
弗拉纳根说：“通过这件事，美国应该决定是否有可能在墨西哥湾的其他地区建设石油储备设施。长久以来，墨西哥湾东部地区基本上没有开发。现在人们开始考虑，是否应该到那里去看看，至少对那里开采石油的可能性做出评估。”
After that, however, the issue of Council expansion still faces a long and difficult road. A second General Assembly resolution would be needed to decide which countries would be named to permanent Council seats.
但是在表决后，扩大安理会的问题仍然面临漫长而艰巨的路，还需要联合国大会再通过一项决议来决定哪些国家担任常任理事国。
"The bulk of the money that Saddam made came out of smuggling outside the oil-for-food [program], and it was on the American and British watch. They were the ones who had interdiction, possibly they were also the ones who knew exactly what was going on, and that the countries themselves decided to close their eyes to smuggling to Turkey and Jordan because they were allies," he said.
安南说：“萨达姆在石油换食品项目之外通过走私获得大量金钱，这是美国和英国都看到的。这两个国家可以予以阻止，而且这两个国家可能知道到底发生了什么。是他们自己决定对伊拉克在土耳其和约旦的走私活动视若无睹，因为他们是盟国。”
But if Hamas makes a strong showing in parliamentary elections in July, it could decide that it has the popular support to continue suicide bombings against Israel. And that's why Israel is demanding that Hamas be disarmed. The Palestinian Authority is reluctant to confront Hamas head on, fearing it would lead to civil war.
但是，如果哈马斯在七月的议会选举中表现出色，它会以民众支持为由，决定继续以自杀炸弹对付以色列。这也是以色列为什么下令要解除哈马斯武装的原因。巴勒斯坦当局不愿意和哈马斯发生正面冲突，担心因此而导致内战。
He said Syria has decided to comply with the long-standing Taif Accord and U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559, which demands withdrawal of Syria's 14,000 troops in Lebanon.
他说，叙利亚已经决定遵守早就存在的塔伊夫协议以及联合国安理会的1559号决议。这个决议要求叙利亚的一万四千名部队离开黎巴嫩。
Iraqi voters will go to the polls to elect a 275-seat interim national assembly, that will be responsible for writing a new constitution. They will decide late next summer whether to approve that constitution. Elections for a permanent national assembly are expected by the end of next year.
伊拉克选民将选出有275个席位的伊拉克临时国民议会，而这个议会将会负责起草新宪法。他们将在明年夏末时决定是否批准宪法。国民议会的正式选举可望在明年年底进行。
Senator Kerry says President Bush is unable to improve the U.S. economy because he insists on keeping tax cuts that the Democratic challenger says unfairly favor wealthier Americans at the expense of the Middle Class."How can he serve America properly if he can't address America's problems," he said. "It all boils down to this. Twenty four days from now the American dream is on the ballot. And we have to decide, we have to decide Ohio, Loraine County, we have to decide all across this country whether we are going to move this nation of ours forward in a new direction or whether we are going to be stuck with the same bad choice and the same serious mistakes from the last years."
克里参议员说，布什总统无法使美国的经济改善因为他坚持实行减税。这位民主党总统 候选人说，减税政策损害中产阶级的利益，不公平地偏向富人。克里说：“如果不能解决美国存在的问题，他怎么能够很好地为美国服务？一切都归结为这个问题。现在距离大选仅剩二十四天了，美国的梦想取决于投票结果。我们必须做出决定，俄亥俄州洛雷恩郡要做出决定，全国的人民都要做出决定，我们是想让我们的国家朝着一个新的方向向前发展，还是依然坚持同样的错误选择，固守着过去几年来同样的严重错误。”
The 35-member IAEA board is scheduled to meet again in November to decide on a possible next step.
拥有35个成员的国际原子能机构理事会定于11月再次开会，决定是否应当把伊朗的核问题提交联合国安理会，以讨论可能实施的制裁。
Recent news reports have indicated that it has been hard to decide who gets to participate in the national conference, because so many groups and factions have wanted to be there. But several parties, including one prominent Sunni Muslim group, have announced that they are boycotting the conference, because they do not think it will be fair. One report indicates that the delay is at least in part aimed at convincing them to participate.
最近有消息说，出席会议的人难以决定，因为有太多的组织和团体想参加。但有些党派，比如一个著名的逊尼派穆斯林团体，宣布会抵制这个大会，因为他们认为会议不会公平。有报道说，这次推迟会议的原因，至少在一定程度上是为了说服他们参加会议。
Mr. Powell said the IAEA board would review the Iranian nuclear program at meetings in September and November. The 35-nation board could, at either meeting, decide to refer the matter to the Security Council.
鲍威尔说，国际原子能机构将在9月和11月召开的理事会上重新审视伊朗的核项目。这个包含三十五个成员国的理事会可能会在这两个会议中的某一个会议上决定将这个议题提交到安理会。
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