deciding

1. V-T/V-I If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities. 決定

She decided to take a course in philosophy. 她決定脩一門哲學課。

Think about it very carefully before you decide. 在你決定之前慎重地考慮。

2. V-T If a person or group of people decides something, they choose what something should be like or how a particular problem should be solved. 裁定

She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence. 她還年輕，他說，這一點對裁定關於她的判決時要考慮進去。

3. V-T If an event or fact decides something, it makes it certain that a particular choice will be made or that there will be a particular result. 決定

What happens next could decide their destiny. 接下來發生的事可能會決定他們的命運。

The election will decide if either party controls both houses of Congress. 這次選擧將決定是否由任一黨控制國會兩院。

4. V-T If you decide that something is true, you form that opinion about it after considering the facts. 斷定

He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold. 他斷定富蘭尅林肯定是得了重感冒。