Determination

(noun.) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; 'the determination of molecular structures'.

(noun.) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; 'his determination showed in his every movement'; 'he is a man of purpose'.

(noun.) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; 'the determination of grammatical inflections'.

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• I am to understand, then, that you hold by the determination expressed in your letter? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He had hardly made the determination (though he was not long about it), when he was again as suddenly brought up as he had been by the stoppage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Not to press you to alter your determination,' pursued the young man, 'but to hear you repeat it, if you would. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Cedric's fate also depends upon thy determination, said De Bracy; and I leave thee to form it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Mr. Tupman did as he was requested; and the additional stimulus of the last glass settled his determination. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It is this impression, then, or determination, which affords me the idea of necessity. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The fresh air revived me, and, with renewed determination, I approached the door of their cottage. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I am young and earnest, and energy and determination have done wonders many a time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There must have been several in it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• To Frederick Lamb I related everything, presented him with Argyle's letter, and acquainted him with my determination not to meet his grace. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He was in that mood in which I thought it best not to increase his determination (if anything could increase it) by opposing him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She hailed it as an earnest of the most serious determination, and was equal even to encounter her father. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Various feelings wrought in him the determination after all to go to the Grange to-day as if nothing new had happened. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The ordinary problem in planetary perturbations calls for the determination of the effect on a known orbit exerted by a body of known mass and m otion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This is exactly consonant to my own determinations. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Gascoigne's determinations of, for example, the diameter of the sun, bear comparison with the findings o f even recent astronomical science. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• She had thought over matters at night, and communicated to Rawdon the result of her determinations. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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