determine: [14] The central meaning of determine is ‘fix a limit to’, as in ‘determine the scope of an enquiry’. It comes via Old French determiner from Latin dētermināre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and termināre ‘limit’ (source of English terminate). Its connotations of ‘firm resolve’, a 17th-century development, came via an intermediate sense ‘come to a firm decision on’. => terminate
determine (v.)
mid-14c., "to come to an end," also "to settle, decide" (late 14c.), from Old French determiner (12c.) or directly from Latin determinare "to enclose, bound, set limits to," from de- "off" (see de-) + terminare "to mark the end or boundary," from terminus "end, limit" (see terminus). Sense of "coming to a firm decision" (to do something) is from mid-15c. Related: Determined; determining; determiner.
实用例句
1. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar
决定你人生高度的，不是你的才能，而是你的态度。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. A debriefing would follow this operation, to determine where it went wrong.
这次行动之后将会有一个任务执行情况报告会，以便确定是哪里出了问题。
来自柯林斯例句
3. An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.
天文学家能够测定每颗恒星的亮度。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.
波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.
