| 单词 | decisive |
| 释义 | decisive (dɪsaɪsɪv ) 1. adjective If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result. ...his decisive victory in the presidential elections. The election campaign has now entered its final, decisive phase. The meeting between Molotov, Bidault and Bevin was decisive. Synonyms: crucial, significant, critical, final decisively adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] The plan was decisively rejected by Congress three weeks ago. 2. adjective B2 If someone is decisive, they have or show an ability to make quick decisions in a difficult or complicated situation. He should give way to a more imaginative, more decisive leader. decisively adverb 'I'll call for you at half ten,' she said decisively. decisiveness uncountable noun His supporters admire his decisiveness. Collocations: decisive break She forced her increasingly exhausted opponent back and secured the decisive break at the end of the third set. Times, Sunday Times The sale of the government stakes would mark a decisive break with the past and bring an end to the era of taxpayer-backed banks. Times, Sunday Times One of his finest merits, the offforehand drive, brought him the decisive break of the set. Times, Sunday Times It was, however, a decisive break with the past. Christianity Today He could announce an overall spending envelope going forward that, far from marking a decisive break with austerity, offers little or nothing to those hard-pressed public services. Times,Sunday Times The following season he was a starter, making 33 appearances and a decisive contribution to the achievement of a third-place finish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also made a decisive contribution to the development of an antiserum to combat diphtheria and conceived a method for standardizing therapeutic serums. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the season, he played 36 league games, making decisive contributions. Times,Sunday Times If he continues to make decisive contributions like this, he will become something of a hero. The Sun His platoon threw back the numerically superior enemy in hand-to-hand fighting and thus made a decisive contribution to the successful advance of the battalion and the whole battle group. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Labour responded to an unexpectedly decisive defeat in 2015 not by scrutinising its message but with a fit of ideological frivolity. Times,Sunday Times Nonetheless, a decisive defeat beckons. Times, Sunday Times Another decisive defeat, he argued, would be catastrophic with regard to the loss of men and the damage to morale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In all his attacks he inflicted decisive defeat on an experienced enemy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was, however, not a decisive defeat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stamina of a soldier was the decisive factor in war. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The sending off was undoubtedly the decisive factor. The Sun (2017) The weather was always the decisive factor. Spitfire Women of World War II (2007) That was certainly a decisive factor. The Sun (2006) I don't expect, and don't ask him, to give the decisive final pass. Times, Sunday Times Action movies and video games tend to have a decisive final battle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decisive final set had no tiebreak. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To take a guy still very capable of making a decisive impact in games ahead of a player who too often floats through them. Times, Sunday Times Yet it proved hard to make the truly decisive impact that he craved. Times, Sunday Times In the end it may not be voters but markets that have the decisive impact. Times, Sunday Times In this sense, the air battle had a decisive impact on the course of the war. Times, Sunday Times Tonight's encounter may have a decisive impact on whether the silverware gap between the two starts to close. The Sun However, small and relative differences are of decisive importance for winning or losing by a hair's breadth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this context, the freshly emerging evidence from the non-standard inscriptions became of decisive importance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he was in his late twenties two events occurred that were to be of decisive importance in his intellectual and spiritual development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The aristocratic and common servants as well as the experienced and rich citizens evolved into an administrative ruling class which was of decisive importance in the development of the cities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In principle, the company should have been applauded for decisive leadership. Times, Sunday Times But if the ship had been properly equipped with the right resources and decisive leadership it would succeed. Christianity Today The result has been public confusion at a time when people want decisive leadership. Times,Sunday Times The promises that characterise the state of the nation address require resolute and decisive leadership. ST Is decisive leadership more useful than deeply considered leadership? Times, Sunday Times Bosses in business take decisive measures, act with authority and get the best from their staff. Times, Sunday Times We need decisive measures now. Times, Sunday Times It took early and decisive measures, raising taxes and cutting public spending, particularly welfare, in an effort to stop a bad fiscal situation getting worse. Times, Sunday Times His decisive measures did succeed in keeping many of the allied tribes loyal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decisive moment summed up that theme. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He did provide the decisive moment with the winning goal, but otherwise the signs were not good. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The decisive moment came with a single move in the sixth game. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Strange to have a decisive moment midway through a decider that has not yet been decided. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Its pronouncements would surely be the decisive moment of the conference. PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004) The package will bring a decisive move away from statefunded higher education towards degrees mainly paid for by students from their future earnings. Times, Sunday Times Without such a decisive move, his remaining authority would soon be eroded completely. Times, Sunday Times She trailed for just 25 strides before making the decisive move. Times, Sunday Times It was a bold and decisive move. Times, Sunday Times What decisive move had both players missed? Times, Sunday Times To effectively ignore a decision made by the citizens of this country and which had a clear and decisive outcome. The Sun Despite the decisive outcome, this was an entertaining encounter between two teams whose hostile fast bowling had given them the upper hand in their opening games. Times, Sunday Times The war continued for two more years without a decisive outcome. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The striking power and the ability to charge without backup made them capable of forcing a decisive outcome in most battles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rough sea conditions denied a decisive outcome to both sides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, the decisive phase of play took place. Times, Sunday Times It was the decisive phase of the game. Times, Sunday Times We've strung together three wins, which has really helped build confidence, but we've now reached a decisive phase. The Sun The octogenarians are my personal favourites, rowing, as they are 'about cat hairs in the bed/ even though peace negotiations/ have reached a decisive phase'. Times, Sunday Times Then he turned his attention to the season's decisive phase. Times, Sunday Times While, obviously, you'd prefer to think things through, some developments require a swift and decisive response. Times, Sunday Times Clearly a decisive response was required. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While this must elicit decisive responses, when such actions result in the death of innocent civilians, they defeat the very objective of the intervention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These debates could play a decisive role, said the panel, although 'it depends what it clashes with' on other channels. Times, Sunday Times If so, it will boost her hopes of keeping a 'decisive role' as a conservative kingmaker in the run-up to next year's election. Times, Sunday Times Businesses were slow to get involved, but when they did, they played a decisive role. Times, Sunday Times That meeting strongly suggested that reform was in the air: it even claimed boldly that the market would play a 'decisive role' in shaping the economy. Times, Sunday Times It was appropriate that he should play the decisive role in as riveting a piece of sporting theatre as you will witness. Times, Sunday Times This week the giant deal takes a decisive step forward. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday, eurozone policymakers might have taken a decisive step to head off that outcome. Times, Sunday Times Every time she tried to take a decisive step forward, something came along to hold her back. Times, Sunday Times This turned out to be a decisive step. Times, Sunday Times A decisive step towards that union has now been taken. Times, Sunday Times Bond investors are still waiting for a decisive turn in the credit market after several years of ultra-low defaults. Times, Sunday Times After a decade in the wilderness, he made the decisive turn from satire to fiction. The Times Literary Supplement After midnight, events took a decisive turn. Times, Sunday Times Struggles for independence in other countries were taking a decisive turn. The Times Literary Supplement At the center, a decisive turn brought one out again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It considers that a lasting peace will be possible only after a decisive victory over the military power of the enemy. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The last despairing effort had seen the Nationalists gain a decisive victory. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge So this was a far more decisive victory than the 1-0 scoreline suggests. The Sun (2012) By most accounts he is headed for a decisive victory that the mainstream parties seem powerless to avert. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He has yet to win a decisive victory against the London transport unions who have stymied his plans. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She felt “overwhelmed” to be at the table at all—and yet thrilled to be “immediately” in the position to cast the decisive vote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This resulted in a decisive vote for independence. Times, Sunday Times The project was highly controversial amongst the islanders and the plans were approved by only a single decisive vote in the municipal council. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Real's next mistake was in their own box - and a potentially decisive one. Times, Sunday Times An extra vote could hence be crucial, making the independent senator a potentially decisive player. Times, Sunday Times Every point left behind feels potentially decisive to the title race between them. Times,Sunday Times I suggest the following definition: a small group of voters who, in spite of their apparent demographic insignificance, are potentially decisive in an election. Times, Sunday Times The switches between narrators bring new intrigue to each potentially decisive bout, and the dilemmas it brings with it. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 决定性的 Japanese: 決定的な |
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