determine英文释义

determine英英释义：to control what something will be 例句：What you look like determines how people treat you. 2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇） 我们很熟悉“determine”常用来表示“下决心”“决定”的用法，今天我们学习它的另一常见地道用法：表示“是…的决定因素”“取决于”。我们可以用 determine 的这个用法在口语和写作中替换 depend on。 《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》中的 depend on 有这样一个例句：     The cooking time needed depends on the size of the potato.  (所需的烹饪时间取决于土豆的大小。)  我们可以用 determine 把它改写为：  The size of the potato will determine the cooking  time.    我们常说“颜值就是王道”，说可以说成：    What you look like determines how people treat you.    最后看两个《经济学人》中出现的例句：  1）The scale of the revolt will determine what happens next.    2）For instance, on Air India, the country's state-owned flag carrier, who you know can apparently determine where you sit. 3. 练习 1）翻译 价钱取决于你买多买少。 How much it costs is determined by how much you buy. The quantity purchased determines the price. 2）造句 The amount that drivers are paid is determinined largely by the distance from a store to the shopper’s home or location. She argues that societal needs should determine public spending, not deficits.