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:(www.yygrammar.com)

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。