If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 决定;决心;解决;裁决;
vi. 决定;下决心;
💡 de使…成为+cide切→切下去→下决心→决定,决心
"You choose, I can't decide."
你来选吧,我拿不定主意。
近义:determine, resolve, set, settle, rule
反义:object, vary, clash, differ, disaccord, discord
vt. 挑选;认为…比其它更可取;决定或选定;
vi. 选择;进行挑选;
"a wide assortment of gifts to choose from"
各式各样可供挑选的礼品
近义:pick, select, cull, elect, opt, intend
反义:junk, reject, scrap, waive, discount, squash
adv. 仍,仍然;更,还要;静静地;〈诗〉常,不断地;
adj. 不动的,静止的;不狂暴的,温柔的;没有活力的,死气沉沉的;
n. 平静,寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. (使某物)平静下来,安静;〈古〉烧(酒),蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了,他还是十分活跃。
近义:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
adj. …制的;(人工)做成的,拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
n. 选择;选择权;精选品;入选者;
adj. 上等的,精选的;
💡 后缀:ice 构成抽象名词,表示行为,情况
"The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary."
看来这个队的队员完全是随意选定的。
近义:option, pick, preference, selection, picking, avenue