每日一词 119 | determine

2019-03-07  本文已影响0人  小小_d574

1. 认识这个词(基础篇)

词: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.   

反叛的规模将决定接下来会发生什么。

2)For instance, on Air India, the country's state-owned flag carrier, who you know can apparently determine where you sit.

3. 从认识到会用(作业)

1)翻译下面的句子:   

价钱取决于你买多买少。

The price determined by how much you buy.

(参考翻译:How much it costs is determined by how much you buy. 或者  The quantity purchased determines the price.)

2)造句:

Your grades are basically determined by how hard you work.

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