Determine

[dɪ'tɜːmɪn] or [dɪ'tɝmɪn]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) fix conclusively or authoritatively; 'set the rules'.

(verb.) fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; 'the tree determines the border of the property'.

(verb.) shape or influence; give direction to; 'experience often determines ability'; 'mold public opinion'.

(verb.) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; 'find the product of two numbers'; 'The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize'.

(verb.) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; 'I want to see whether she speaks French'; 'See whether it works'; 'find out if he speaks Russian'; 'Check whether the train leaves on time'.

整理:莱昂内尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

(v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

(v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

(v. t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.

(v. t.) To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

(v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.

(v. t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.

(v. t.) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

(v. t.) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

(v. i.) To come to an end; to end; to terminate.

(v. i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.

卡里校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Settle, decide, adjust, conclude, end, fix.[2]. Ascertain, certify, verify, find out, make out, fix upon.[3]. Influence, lead, induce, give direction to.[4]. (Law.) Bring to an end, put an end to, cause to terminate.

v. n. Conclude, decide, resolve.

赫克托整理

同義詞及反義詞：

[See DEFINE_and_DECIDE]

哈洛錄入

解釋/意思:

v.t. to put terms or bounds to: to limit: to fix or settle the form or character of: to influence; to put an end to: to define.—v.i. to come to a decision: to resolve.—adj. Deter′minable capable of being determined decided or finished.—ns. Deter′minableness Determinabil′ity.—adj. Deter′minant serving to determine.—n. that which serves to determine: in mathematical analysis a symbolical method used for different processes as for the solution of equations by inspection.—adj. Deter′mināte determined or limited: fixed: decisive.—v.t. (Shak.) to determine.—adv. Deter′minātely.—n. Determinā′tion that which is determined or resolved on: end: direction to a certain end: resolution: fixedness of purpose: decision of character.—adjs. Deter′minātive that determines limits or defines; Deter′mined firm in purpose: fixed: resolute.—adv. Deter′minedly.—n. Deter′minism the doctrine that all things including the will are determined by causes—the converse of free-will: necessitarianism.—n. Deter′minist.—adj. Determinis′tic.

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