decide /diˈsaid/ vt.& vi. 1.决定，决心 （作vt.时可接名词/代词、不定式或从句）：It’s the people who decide the fate of mankind. 决定人类命运的是人民。We can’t decide anything now. 现在我们不能做出什么决定。They decided not to accept the invitation. 他们决定不接受邀请。We can’t decide whom to invite.我们不能决定该邀请谁。Let’s first decide where we should go.我们先决定一下到什么地方去。 It’s difficult to decide between the two. 两者难以抉择。decide (up)on就…做出决定，决定要：After leaving university, Therese decided on a career in publishing. 大学毕业后，特蕾泽决定从事出版行业。First, we must decide on the location of our new swimming pool. 我们先得给新游泳池选个地点。2.裁决，解决： decide the question by experiment 靠实验解决问题The judge decided the case. 审判员判决了案件。
［辨析］decide, make up one’s mind 都表示“决定”，但decide 着重经过考虑或商议，在几种可能中做出选择：如: We decided to go on Monday instead of Tuesday.我们决定在星期一走，而不是在星期二。 make up one’s mind 是与hesitate, be puzzled相对的说法，意味着“打定主意”如：At last he made up his mind to tell his mother about it.最后他决定把那事告诉他母亲。
decidedly /diˈsaididli/ adv. 确定无疑地，无可否认地：He looked decidedly uncomfortable.他看上去确实很不舒服。He made all the other players on the field look decidedly ordinary.他使场上所有其他运动员都黯然失色。
