7.decide,determine,resolve和make up one’s mind之间的区别

（1）decide表示“做出决定”“判决”“判定”或“决定做……”，接从句时表示“断定”。主语往往是人或机构，如：

1.You have to decide which tie to wear.

2.The two parties have decided to initiate a second talk soon.

3.Adolescents have to decide on their future career.

4.I have been wondering how the judges will decide the case.

5.The host country for 2012 Olympic Games will be decided at this meeting.

6.Lartet came and studied the spot carefully.He decided that the skeletons were those of an old man.

（2）determine经常表示“决心”（往往接不定式），“决定……的性质或特点”（接名词），“判定或确定”（接名词和疑问词引导的从句），如：

1.The Chinese are determined to build the country into a world power.（决心）

2.It is universally recognized that genes determine heredity（人们公认基因决定遗传）.

3.The government is to make a decision that determines the future of the country.（决定国家的未来）

4.According to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis,language determines thought.（语言决定思维）

5.A series of tests will be conducted to determine the levels of water pollution.（确定）

6.Are they（differences in intelligence）largely determined by the genes we inherit from our parents?（取决于）

7.To measure personality,the psychologists try to determine things like how much the twins worry,whether they are cautious or reckless….

8.But in 1950 the Associated Press held a poll to determine the outstanding athlete of the half-century.

9.Kramer and Roth began seeking to determine whether one’s mood differs between night and morning.（意义接近find out）

调查和科研中常使用determine表示“判定”，如判定某物的含量或水平。

偶尔也可使用decide表示“决定某物”，可与determine互换，如：

Consumer choice decides what is produced and customers determine what price they are prepared to pay.（Chris Pattern）

与be determined to do…意义接近的结构有be set to do…或be bent on doing…，如：

…like a scientist bent to making a discovery

…look set to achieve his goal

2009年6月统考题词汇部分有：

Kunz looked set to become a star in his field,but he gave it all up after these failures.

A.fixed

B.stereotyped

C.determined

D.built

set的同义词就是determined。

（3）resolve主要用于“决心做……”，表示坚定的意图，而make up one’s mind表示“拿定主意或想好了”，如：

1.The U.S.government resolves to disarm Saddam Hussein.

2.Have you made up your mind?