198　decide和decision

① decide可用作及物动词和不及物动词，意为“决定，下决心”。用作及物动词时，结构为：

decide to do sth.

decide when/who/what…+不定式

decide+that从句或what从句

be decided+that从句

He can decide the matter for you. 他能为你决定此事。

She decided to move to Nanjing. 她决定迁到南京。

He decided not to accept the invitation. 他决定不接受邀请。

I can't decide what to do with it. 我不能决定如何处置它。

Have you decided whom to invite？你决定了该邀请谁吗？

Let's first decide where we should go. 让我们先决定去哪里。

=Let's first decide where to go.

It has been decided that he will teach us English. 已决定由他教我们英语。

比较

She decided buying a dictionary.

（decide后不跟动名词）

She decided to buy a dictionary.

她决定买一本词典。

他们决定我去开会。

They have decided me to go to the meeting.

（decide后不可跟复合宾语）

They have decided that I should go to the meeting.

② decide用作不及物动词时，常同副词或介词短语连用。decide on/upon sth. 表示“就某事做出决定”。

You should decide for yourself. 你应该自己做出决定。

You must decide two days ahead. 你必须提前两天做出决定。

He hasn't decided on the matter yet. 他还没有就那件事做出决定。

③ decision是decide的名词形式，表示“决定，果断，决议”，为可数名词，常用于下列搭配中：

come to a decision决定

make a decision做出决定

arrive at a decision 决定

a man of decision果断的人

They made a decision at the meeting. 他们在会上做出了决定。

He hasn't arrived at a decision yet. 他还没有做出决定。