1[countableC]DECIDE a choice or judgment that you make after a period of discussion or thought 决定,抉择
Do you ever wonder if you made the right decision?
你怀疑过自己所作的决定是否正确吗?
decision to do something
She refused to discuss her decision to quit the group.
她拒绝谈论她要退出该团体的决定。
decision about/on
We finally came to a firm decision on the matter.
我们终于对此事作出了明确的决定。
decision as to which/whether/who etc
Viewers make the final decision as to who should be eliminated from the competition.
谁该从比赛中淘汰出局由观众作出最终决定。
The judges’ decision is final (=it will not be changed).
法官的裁决是最终判决。
2[uncountableU]DECIDE the quality someone has that makes them able to make choices or judgments quickly and confidently 果断,决断力OPP indecision
the ability to act with speed and decision
处事迅速果断的能力
3[uncountableU]DECIDE the act of deciding something 决定;判决,裁决
The Court has the ultimate power of decision.
法庭具有最终的判决权。
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
make a decision 作出决定
I want to think about it a bit longer before I make a decision.
我想在作出决定前再多考虑一会儿。
take a decisionBritish EnglishBrE (=make an important or formal decision) 作出〔重要或正式的〕决定
I fully accept the decision taken by the committee.
我完全接受委员会作出的决定。
reach/come to/arrive at a decision (=make a decision after a lot of thought) 〔反复考虑后〕作出决定
We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible.
我们希望他们尽快作出决定。
regret a decision (=wish you had not made a particular decision) 后悔一个决定
I was already regretting my decision to go on holiday with him.
我已经后悔决定跟他去度假了。
reconsider a decision (=think about changing a decision you have made) 重新考虑一个决定
He said he wasn't prepared to reconsider his decision.
他说不准备重新考虑自己的决定。
reverse a decision (=change a decision) 改变一个决定
They want him to reverse his decision to quit.
他们希望他改变辞职的决定。
overrule/overturn a decision (=officially change a decision by another person or group) 推翻一个决定
A director of the company had overruled that decision.
公司的一位董事推翻了那个决定。
postpone a decision (=not make a decision until later) 推迟作出决定
The government has postponed its decision about when to hold the election.
政府推迟决定何时举行选举。
adjectives
an important decision 重要决定
My father made all the important decisions.
重要决定全都是我爸爸作的。
a big decision (=an important decision) 重要决定
Marriage is a big decision.
婚姻是一项重要决定。
a major decision (=very important) 重大决定
The government now has some major decisions to make.
政府现在要作出一些重大决定。
a difficult/hard/tough decision 困难的决定
In the end I took the difficult decision to retire early.
最后我作出了困难的决定——提前退休。
a good decision 好的决定
It was a good decision to change the name of the product.
更改产品名称真是个不错的决定。
a bad decision 不好的决定
I think he made a bad decision.
我觉得他作了个糟糕的决定。
the right decision 正确的决定
She chose to study Engineering and it was definitely the right decision.
她选择了读工程专业,这绝对是个正确的决定。
the wrong decision 错误的决定
I thought I'd made the wrong decision marrying Jeff.
我觉得嫁给杰夫是个错误的决定。
a conscious/deliberate decision (=one that you have thought about clearly) 慎重的/深思熟虑的决定
Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby.
贝琳达经慎重考虑决定要生孩子。
a clear/firm decision (=a definite one) 明确的决定
It's now time to come to a clear decision on this.
现在是对此作出明确决定的时候了。
a final decision (=one that will not be changed) 最终决定
The council will make a final decision in four months.
委员会将在四个月内作出最终决定。
a snap decision (=one that you make extremely quickly) 快速的决定
Police officers often have to make snap decisions on how to act.
警察经常需要当机立断。
a controversial decision (=that people disagree about) 有争议的决定
The history of the law is full of controversial decisions.
法律史上充满着有争议的判决。
a hasty decision (=one that you make without enough thought) 仓促的决定
Don't let yourself be forced into making hasty decisions.
别让自己被迫作出仓促的决定。
a joint decision (=one that two people make together) 联合决定
Jo and I made a joint decision that we should separate.
乔和我共同作出决定: 我们应该分居。
na collective decision (=one that a number of people make together)
Society should take collective decisions about individual rights and responsibilities.
Examples from the Corpus
decision• The board is expected to make a decision on the merger by August.• But I consider it my job to give a family the opportunity to make a decision.• This job requires the ability to act with speed and decision.• Just make the best decision you possibly can in the light of the information contained in Chapter 4.• It's a big decision. Go home and discuss it with your wife.• Neither does it informcomplex and stressful child caredecisions.• As chiefexecutive, I often have to take difficult decisions.• If so, an immensedifference would arise in decisions on right and wrong between Bentham and Mill.• The judges' decision is final.• Indeed, the realtest will come this spring, in a series of keydecisions by the Texas Public UtilityCommission.• My decision to leave school when I was only 15 was the worstmistake I ever made.• Leicester Building Society has said it is considering options but has made no decision.• The burden of decisionrests with the Supreme Court.• If persons beyond the subject of the decision are included, then specificity becomes impossible.• They're going to close the school, but I think that's the wrong decision.
decision about/on• Make a decision on whether or not you like your negative qualities.• When taking a decision aboutpersonalpensions you should obtain as much information as possible.• Some states are only now making criticaldecisions about how to divide up the settlement money.• We make dailydecisions about whether or not to say, whether or not to interrupt the assumptions being made about our presumed heterosexuality.• This was a very deliberatedecision on her part.• This seems to be an accuratedescription of the initialdecisions aboutseekingentry into higher education.• And he was the one who helped her make decisions about how to respond to the deadlydisease.• To have the latitude to make decisions about how work was performed 3.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DECISION | DECISION + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, crucial, fateful, important, key, landmark (law法律) , major, momentous重大的/至關重要的/決定命運的/重要的/關鍵的/里程碑式的/主要的/有影響的決定◇It was a big decision to make.作這個決定事關重大。◇In a landmark decision, the court agreed to hear evidence from twenty years earlier.在作出具有里程碑意義的判決時,法庭同意聽取 20 年前的證據。➤life-and-death, life-changing生死攸關的/改變人生的決定◇Presidents must make momentous life-and-death decisions while in office.總統在任時必須作生死攸關的重大決定。➤difficult, hard, tough困難的決定;艱難的決定◇the difficult decision of whether to go to college or nurse her sick mother是上大學還是照看生病的母親這一難作的決定➤easy容易作出的決定▸➤firm明確的決定◇We need a firm decision by Friday.我們最晚得在星期五作出明確的決定。➤prompt, snap, split-second迅速的/倉促的/剎那間的決定◇I had to make a snap decision about what to do with the money.我必須當即決定怎樣處理這筆錢。➤hasty, knee-jerk, rash匆忙的/下意識的/輕率的決定➤last-minute最後一刻作出的決定▸➤final, irreversible, irrevocable最終/不可反悔的/不可撤銷的決定◇Tomorrow the board will meet to make their final decision.明天董事會將開會作出最終決定。◇The decision is irreversible.這一決定不能撤銷。➤informed有根據的決定◇I need more facts before I can make an informed decision.我需要掌握更多的事實才能作出明智的決定。➤arbitrary武斷的決定▸➤good, intelligent, prudent, rational, right, sensible, smart, wise好的/聰明的/謹慎的/合理的/正確的/明智的/精明的/英明的決定➤timely及時的決定▸➤bad, poor, unwise, wrong糟糕的/很差的/不明智的/錯誤的決定➤unpopular不得人心的決定➤controversial, questionable有爭議的/可疑的決定➤fateful重大的決定◇He died after making the fateful decision to drive that evening.他作了當晚開車的要命決定,結果送了命。➤collective, joint, unanimous集體的/共同的/一致的決定◇In the end, the decision to scrap the project was unanimous.最後,大家一致決定放棄這一項目。➤majority, split多數人的決定;(拳擊中的)分歧判定▸➤court, government, etc.法庭裁決、政府決定等▸➤investment, policy, etc.投資、政策等決定➤clinical, ethical, political, tactical, etc.臨牀、倫理、政治、戰術等決定VERB + DECISION➤arrive at, come to, make, reach, take (BrE) 作出決定◇Key decisions are always taken by the editor.關鍵性決定總是由編輯作出的。➤face面對決定◇She now faces the toughest decision of her life.她現在面臨着人生中最艱難的決定。➤affect, drive, guide, impact, influence, shape, sway影響決定;促成決定;指導決策;形成決定;動搖決定◇I didn't want to influence his decision.我不想影響他的決定。➤announce, give (sb), issue宣佈決定;告訴(某人)決定◇The committee will give us their decision tomorrow.委員會明天會把他們的決定告訴我們。➤abide by遵守決定◇The decision has been made, and we must all abide by it.決定已經作出,我們都必須遵守。➤respect尊重決定◇Her parents respected her decision not to marry.她父母尊重她不結婚的決定。➤affirm, uphold批准決議;支持決定◇The management committee upheld her decision to fire two of her staff.管理委員會支持她解雇兩名員工的決定。➤implement執行決定◇Failure to implement the decision would be a great shame.未能執行決定會令人遺憾。➤reconsider, rethink, review, revisit (especially NAmE) 重新考慮決定;複議決定➤defend, explain, justify為決定辯護;解釋決定;證明決定正當◇She defended her decision not to give him the job.她為自己不給他那份工作的決定進行辯解。➤regret後悔決定▸➤appeal, appeal against, challenge, oppose, protest, protest against就判決提出上訴;質疑判決;反對判決;抗議裁決◇plans to challenge this decision in the High Court向高等法院提出質疑判決的計劃➤criticize批評決定➤question質疑決定➤applaud, praise, support稱讚/表揚/支持決定▸➤override, overrule, overturn, quash, reverse駁回判決;推翻決定;宣佈判決無效;撤銷決定◇Nobody has the authority to overrule his decision.沒人有權力推翻他的決定。➤await等待判決▸➤defer, delay, postpone拖延/推遲/延期判決DECISION + NOUN➤process決策過程◇The most persuasive talker often dominates the decision process.最有說服力的發言者常常掌控決策過程。➤time作決定的時候◇It's decision time, and deciding is difficult.現在是作決定的時侯了,可是作決定很難。PREPOSITION➤decision about, decision on關於⋯的決定◇a decision on her future事關她前途的決定➡ topic at meeting