determination

determination
noun
[mass noun]

firmness of purpose; resoluteness
（目的）坚定不移；坚决；果断
the determination of the players has been excellent.
球员们的决心无与伦比。
the process of establishing something exactly, typically by calculation or research
（多指通过计算或研究得到的结论）测定，确定
determination of molecular structures.
对分子结构的确定。
■(Law)the settlement of a dispute by the authoritative decision of a judge or arbitrator
(律)（法官或仲裁人对争议的）裁定
■[count noun](Law)a judicial decision or sentence
(律)司法裁决；判决
the controlling or deciding of something's nature or outcome
（对事物本质或结果的）控制；决定
genetic sex determination.
基因对性别的决定。
(Law)the cessation of an estate or interest
(律)（财产权、利息的）终止
(archaic)a tendency to move in a fixed direction
(古)（向固定方向）移动的趋势

语源

late Middle English (in the senses 'settlement of a controversy by a judge or by reasoning' and 'authoritative opinion'): via Old French from Latin determinatio(n-), from the verb determinare (see determine)

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