1[countableC]DECIDE a choice or judgment that you make after a period of discussion or thought 決定,抉擇
Do you ever wonder if you made the right decision?
你懷疑過自己所作的決定是否正確嗎?
decision to do something
She refused to discuss her decision to quit the group.
她拒絕談論她要退出該團體的決定。
decision about/on
We finally came to a firm decision on the matter.
我們終於對此事作出了明確的決定。
decision as to which/whether/who etc
Viewers make the final decision as to who should be eliminated from the competition.
誰該從比賽中淘汰出局由觀衆作出最終決定。
The judges’ decision is final (=it will not be changed).
法官的裁決是最終判決。
2[uncountableU]DECIDE the quality someone has that makes them able to make choices or judgments quickly and confidently 果斷,決斷力OPP indecision
the ability to act with speed and decision
處事迅速果斷的能力
3[uncountableU]DECIDE the act of deciding something 決定;判決,裁決
The Court has the ultimate power of decision.
法庭具有最終的判決權。
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
make a decision 作出決定
I want to think about it a bit longer before I make a decision.
我想在作出決定前再多考慮一會兒。
take a decisionBritish EnglishBrE (=make an important or formal decision) 作出〔重要或正式的〕決定
I fully accept the decision taken by the committee.
我完全接受委員會作出的決定。
reach/come to/arrive at a decision (=make a decision after a lot of thought) 〔反複考慮後〕作出決定
We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible.
我們希望他們盡快作出決定。
regret a decision (=wish you had not made a particular decision) 後悔一個決定
I was already regretting my decision to go on holiday with him.
我已經後悔決定跟他去度假了。
reconsider a decision (=think about changing a decision you have made) 重新考慮一個決定
He said he wasn't prepared to reconsider his decision.
他說不準備重新考慮自己的決定。
reverse a decision (=change a decision) 改變一個決定
They want him to reverse his decision to quit.
他們希望他改變辭職的決定。
overrule/overturn a decision (=officially change a decision by another person or group) 推翻一個決定
A director of the company had overruled that decision.
公司的一位董事推翻了那個決定。
postpone a decision (=not make a decision until later) 推遲作出決定
The government has postponed its decision about when to hold the election.
政府推遲決定何時舉行選舉。
adjectives
an important decision 重要決定
My father made all the important decisions.
重要決定全都是我爸爸作的。
a big decision (=an important decision) 重要決定
Marriage is a big decision.
婚姻是一項重要決定。
a major decision (=very important) 重大決定
The government now has some major decisions to make.
政府現在要作出一些重大決定。
a difficult/hard/tough decision 困難的決定
In the end I took the difficult decision to retire early.
最後我作出了困難的決定——提前退休。
a good decision 好的決定
It was a good decision to change the name of the product.
更改産品名稱真是個不錯的決定。
a bad decision 不好的決定
I think he made a bad decision.
我覺得他作了個糟糕的決定。
the right decision 正確的決定
She chose to study Engineering and it was definitely the right decision.
她選擇了讀工程專業,這絕對是個正確的決定。
the wrong decision 錯誤的決定
I thought I'd made the wrong decision marrying Jeff.
我覺得嫁給傑夫是個錯誤的決定。
a conscious/deliberate decision (=one that you have thought about clearly) 慎重的/深思熟慮的決定
Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby.
貝琳達經慎重考慮決定要生孩子。
a clear/firm decision (=a definite one) 明確的決定
It's now time to come to a clear decision on this.
現在是對此作出明確決定的時候了。
a final decision (=one that will not be changed) 最終決定
The council will make a final decision in four months.
委員會將在四個月内作出最終決定。
a snap decision (=one that you make extremely quickly) 快速的決定
Police officers often have to make snap decisions on how to act.
警察經常需要當機立斷。
a controversial decision (=that people disagree about) 有爭議的決定
The history of the law is full of controversial decisions.
法律史上充滿着有爭議的判決。
a hasty decision (=one that you make without enough thought) 倉促的決定
Don't let yourself be forced into making hasty decisions.
别讓自己被迫作出倉促的決定。
a joint decision (=one that two people make together) 聯合決定
Jo and I made a joint decision that we should separate.
喬和我共同作出決定: 我們應該分居。
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
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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.