determine的用法与搭配
1. 表示“决心”“决定”,是及物动词,其后可接:
(1) 名词或代词。如:
We’ll have to determine a date for the meeting. 我们得确定会议日期。
The exam results could determine your career. 考试成绩可能会决定你的前途。
(2) 不定式。如:
He determined to travel no further that night. 他决定那天晚上不再往前走了。
有时不定式前可用连接代词(副词)。如:
I haven’t determined what to do next. 下一步干什么我还没决定。
其后不能直接跟动名词,但加了介词on后则可以。如:
I determined on going abroad. 我决定出国。
determine on后还可接名词。如:
I determined on an early start. 我决定早点出发。
(3) 不定式的复合结构。如:
What determined her to marry him? 是什么使她下定决心要嫁给他?
使某人决定或下决心不做某事,可以用determine sb not to do sth,也可用determine sb against doing sth。如:
That determined her not to leave [against leaving\ home. 那件事使她决定不离开家了。
(4) 从句。如:
He determined that he would go at once. 他决定马上就去。
We haven’t determined who will go with them. 我们还没有作出决定让谁同他们一起去。
后接that从句时,从句谓语可用陈述语气或虚拟语气,区别为:强调事实,用陈述语气;强调愿望,用虚拟语气。如:
She determined that she (should) never see him again. 她决心再也不要见他。
They determined that they will go there themselves. 他们决定亲自去那里。
2. 用于 be determined+不定式或从句。如:
I am determined to go and nothing will stop me. 我已决定要去,什么也阻止不了我。
My mother is determined that I shall [should] marry the singer. 我母亲决意要我嫁给这位歌手。
比较下面两句在含义上的差别:
I have determined to go abroad. 我已决定出国。
I am determined to go abroad. 我已下定决心要出国。
在前一句里,determine 是界限动词,强调一时的动作;在第二句里,determined 用作形容词,说明的是一种状态,即一种坚定不移的决心。