(1)(使)下决心(cause to make up one's mind; resolve) [I+prep(on/upon)， T+that， T+wh， T+to-inf， C+n+to-inf， T+n+prep(against)]：～on (upon) an early start/a plan/a course of action 决心及早动身/执行一计划/采取一系列行动;～on going abroad/proving sb's innocence 决心出国/证明某人无辜;～(that) one would make an early start/nothing shall(will) prevent one 决心及早动身/不让任何事情阻碍自己;be～d that no one should know/nothing should be changed 决心不让任何人知道/不让任何变化发生;～where the new hospital will be built 决定把新医院建在什么地方;～to go abroad/to start early/to follow sb's advice 决心出国/早动身/听从某人的忠告; be～d to go abroad/to win the game 决心出国/打赢比赛;(sth)～sb to go abroad/to oppose the plan/to accept the offer/to be a veterinarian(某事)使某人下决心出国/反对那个计划/接受那个提议/当兽医;(sth)～sb against further delay/leaving home(某事)使某人决心不再耽搁/不离开家; 〖同〗 settle， resolve， conclude;

(2) 决(确)定(fix precisely; settle; decide) [T+n， T+wh， T+wh-inf](fml)：～a date for a party/the rights and wrongs for the case/sentence/one's course of action/one's position on the matter/one's future 确定聚会的日期/案子的是非/量刑/行动安排/对某事的立场/前程;The mountains～the natural boundary between the two countries. 这些山确定了两国的自然疆界。～how it is to be done/whether each of the following is true or false 决定应如何做此事/确定下面每一个的对错;～whether to stay or not/where to go 决定是否留下/去哪里;〖同〗decide， fix;

(3) 查明，测(判)定(find out exactly (sth that is not known)͵ calculate) [T+n， T+wh](fml)：～the meaning of a word/the reason for sb's actions/the cause of the accident查明词义/某人行为的原因/事故的原因;～the value of a variable/the height of a mountain/the speed of light/the position of a star测定一变量的值/山的高度/光的速度/星体的位置;～public opinion弄清公众的意见;～what a word means/what had gone wrong/how high a mountain is 查明一个词的含义/判定出了什么问题/测定山有多高;〖同〗discover， learn， detect， find out， figure out;

(4) 决(限)定(decisively influence; be the cause of) [T+n]：Content～s form. 内容决定形式。Demand～s supply. 需求决定供应。Being～s consciousness. 存在决定意识。Weather～s the size of the crop. 天气决定收成。What～s success in life/a person's character? 是什么决定人生的成功/一个人的性格?Climate～s how men live in different parts of the world. 气候决定世界各地人们的生活方式。〖同〗control， regulate， affect， influence;

→ de′termined adj 坚决的，有决心的;de′terminism n 宿命论;de͵termi′nistic adj 宿命的;de′terminer n 限定词;de͵termi′nation n 坚决，决心;决定，确定;查明;

【辨异】 determine与decide、resolve和make up one's mind的区别见DECIDE。