Decisive
[dɪ'saɪsɪv]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) determining or having the power to determine an outcome; 'cast the decisive vote'; 'two factors had a decisive influence' .
(adj.) characterized by decision and firmness; 'an able and decisive young woman'; 'we needed decisive leadership'; 'she gave him a decisive answer' .
(adj.) unmistakable; 'had a decisive lead in the polls' .
校對:尼古拉斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
(a.) Marked by promptness and decision.
錄入:里基
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Conclusive, final.
弗里达編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See CONCLUSIVE]
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例句/造句/用法:
- I believe many objections might be made to this system But at present I shall confine myself to one, which is in my opinion very decisive. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But this decisive victory was the most effective campaign argument made in the canvass. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The two armies had been confronting each other so long, without any decisive result, that they hardly knew which could whip. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Happily she never attempted to joke, and this perhaps was the most decisive mark of her cleverness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, it is the most decisive mark of what is called genius, or superior talents. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This battle at Valmy--it was little more than a cannonade--was one of the decisive battles in the world's history. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The event of the conflict is decisive: my way is now clear; I thank God for it! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This argument deserves to be weighed, as being, in my opinion, entirely decisive. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- He met Early at the crossing of Opequon Creek, a most decisive victory--one which the country. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The next event was decisive. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sorel is engaged in presenting the General Strike as the decisive battle of the class struggle and the core of the socialist movement. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He fulfilled it so vigorously that ere long he came to a decisive rupture with his old Tory friend the rector. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A man might see good arguments for changing once, and not see them for changing again, said Lydgate, amused with the decisive old lady. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Gustavus Adolphus was killed in his decisive victory over Wallenstein at Lützen (1632), and Wallenstein was murdered in 1634. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The style of the visit, and the shortness of it, were then felt to be decisive. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Iron cannon were still of small size and not very abundant, and they did not play a decisive part as yet in warfare. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- No food can afford a more decisive proof of its nourishing quality, or of its being peculiarly suitable to the health of the human constitution. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- A forward movement to a decisive victory was necessary. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It would be bad to be defeated in two decisive battles fought the same day, but it would not be bad to win them. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I established with myself, on these occasions, the reputation of a first-rate man of business,--prompt, decisive, energetic, clear, cool-headed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Sharp, decisive speeches came thronging into her mind, now that it was too late to utter them. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But the resistance was so obstinate that the advantage gained did not prove decisive. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The most decisive mark of the prosperity of any country is the increase of the number of its inhabitants. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He had her mould of mouth and chin--all less decisive, accurate, and clear than those of the young mill-owner. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Daily skirmishes, without decisive results, had taken place outside the walls. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But Mr. Mawmsey answered in a tone of decisive check. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Had she doubted his meaning while she listened, the glow in his face, when she looked up at him, would have been decisive. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- To confirm this we may add the following argument, which to me seems perfectly decisive and convincing. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Lydgate still waited, but at last turned to speak in his most decisive tones. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Harriet had been conscious of a difference in his behaviour ever since those two decisive dances. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
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