• v. （使）下決心，（使）做出決定
• vt. 決定，確定；判定，判決；限定
• vi. 確定；決定；判決，終止；[主用于法律]了結(jié)，終止，結(jié)束

de-, 向下。-term, 邊界，界限，詞源同term, terminal. 即劃下界限，明確。

determine

determine: [14] The central meaning of determine is ‘fix a limit to’, as in ‘determine the scope of an enquiry’. It comes via Old French determiner from Latin dētermināre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and termināre ‘limit’ (source of English terminate). Its connotations of ‘firm resolve’, a 17th-century development, came via an intermediate sense ‘come to a firm decision on’.
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determine (v.)

mid-14c., "to come to an end," also "to settle, decide" (late 14c.), from Old French determiner (12c.) or directly from Latin determinare "to enclose, bound, set limits to," from de- "off" (see de-) + terminare "to mark the end or boundary," from terminus "end, limit" (see terminus). Sense of "coming to a firm decision" (to do something) is from mid-15c. Related: Determined; determining; determiner.

1. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar

決定你人生高度的，不是你的才能，而是你的態(tài)度。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. A debriefing would follow this operation, to determine where it went wrong.

這次行動(dòng)之后將會(huì)有一個(gè)任務(wù)執(zhí)行情況報(bào)告會(huì)，以便確定是哪里出了問題。

來自柯林斯例句

3. An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.

天文學(xué)家能夠測(cè)定每顆恒星的亮度。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.

波羅的海各國(guó)人民有權(quán)決定自己的未來。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.

需要進(jìn)行檢測(cè)以確定其對(duì)人的長(zhǎng)期影響。

來自柯林斯例句