人教版高一英语单词精讲：determine的用法思维导图

determination n. 决心，决断，决意；决定，确定

① determine to do sth 决定做某事

② determine on / upon (doing) sth 决定

③ a man of determination 有决断力的人

decide；determine这两个词都有"决定"的意思。

decide的含义是"不再迟疑不定"，而determine含义是"把某件事确定下来"。

在be determined to do…这个固定的结构中。过去分词determined的词义为"下定了决心"。

decide的名词为decision，determine的名词为determination。例如：At first，she decided to go to the police，…起初，她决定去找警察……

▲ 友情提示: decide后跟宾语从句时，其含义有时是"断 定"。

I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere.

我断定我一定是在某处拐错弯了。

The determination of the meaning of a word is often difficult without a context.

脱离上下文来确定一个词的含义常常是困难的。

注：在determine to do...，determine on (upon)... 和determine that...。(宾语从句)三个搭配中，determine的词义和decide几乎没有多大差异。

He determined / decided to learn medicine.

他决定学医。

注：decide sb to do sth 决定使某人做某事What decided you to give up your job? 什么因素使你决定放弃你的工作?

[2001京皖春招] Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must ____ the parts that are wrong.

A. check

B. determine

C. correct

D. recover

determine的用法。

B determine和decide在一般情况下意思相同。