(1) 决定(心，意)(act of deciding; making up one's mind) [U]：The umpire's～is final. 裁判的决定是不可改变的。It's a matter of personal～. 这要由个人自己决定。In political matters，～can be very difficult. 政治上的事情有时很难决定。The～went against him. 这决定违背他的意愿。delay the time/the moment of～推迟决定的时间/时刻;

(2) 决定;判(裁)决(final or definite conclusion reached; judgement) [C][N(on/against)，N+to-inf]：a wise/foolish/sudden/final～明智/愚蠢/突然/最后的决定;arrive at/come to/reach/make/take/give a～to do sth(about sth) 作出做某事(关于某事)的决定;Whose～was it? 谁作出的决定? What is your～(to employ him)?(关于雇不雇用他)你作出了什么决定? give a～on an issue 对一争端作出裁决;announce one's～against going on holiday/to resign 宣布不去度假/辞职的决定; make a difficult～about what should be done/where one wants to go 艰难地作出关于该怎么办/想去什么地方的决定;The judge's/court's/jury's～will be made known tomorrow. 法官/法庭/陪审团的判决将于明天宣布。make the wrong～作错了决定;Hurried～s are likely to be bad ones. 匆忙的决定很可能是不对的。〖同〗conclusion， judgement; resolution， determination;

(3) 果断(ability to decide quickly and definitely and to act with firmness; determination) [U]：lack～优柔寡断(缺乏果断精神);a man of～and action 果断坚决的人;have power of rapid～具有迅速采取果断行为的能力;act with～果断地行动;show great～in one's handling of the problem在处理这个问题中表现得非常果断;〖同〗determination， decisiveness， decidedness， resolution; 〖反〗indecision， uncertainty;

←de′cide v;

→inde′cision n 犹豫不决