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Determinate means definite, fixed, with an exact limit — you know the edge. A determinate number of days. A determinate prison sentence (the length is set).
DeterminateDeterminate(確定的) means definite, fixed意思是明確、固定, with an exact limit有一個明確的界限 — you know the edge你知道邊界在哪裡. A determinate number of daysdeterminate number of days(確定天數的天數). A determinate prison sentencedeterminate prison sentence(刑期確定的徒刑) (the length is set)(刑期是固定的).
It is a formal, almost legal or academic word; most people just say “fixed,” “set,” or “clear.” Though actually, and use it for plants: a determinate tomato plant grows to a set size and then stops, unlike an indeterminate one that keeps climbing.
It is a formal, almost legal or academic word它是一個正式、近乎法律或學術的詞; most people just say大多數人就只是說 "fixed," "set," or "clear."「fixed」、「set」或「clear」. Though actually不過其實, gardeners and biologists use it園丁和生物學家會用這個詞 for plants來指植物: a determinate tomato plantdeterminate tomato plant(有限生長型番茄) grows to a set size and then stops長到一定大小就停止生長, unlike an indeterminate one that keeps climbing不像indeterminate(無限生長型)的番茄會一直往上長.
The word can also be used as a noun in very technical talk, but almost always meet the adjective. It is not the past of determine, and it is not the same as determined.
The word can also be used as a noun這個詞在非常技術性的場合 in very technical talk也可以當名詞用, but learners almost always meet the adjective但學習者幾乎都只會遇到形容詞用法. It is not the past of它不是...的過去式 determinedetermine, and it is not the same as而它也不等於 determineddetermined.
組成From Middle English determinate, from Latin dēterminātus, the perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“to limit, set bounds”), with the adjective-forming suffix -ate.
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- determinefrom the same Latin dēterminō, to set bounds
- determinationfrom the same Latin family
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determinateadj詞源 1/dɪˈtɜːmɪnət/
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Distinct, clearly defined.
- Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
- […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service.
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Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.
- […] hym have ye taken by the hondes of vnrightewes perſones / after he was delivered by the determinat counſell and fore knoweledge of God / and have crucified and ſlayne hym / […]
- [S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpoſe which generally inſures ſucceſs.
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biologynatural-sciencesOf growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
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Conclusive; decisive; positive.
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obsoleteDetermined or resolved upon.
- My determinate voyage.
- Francesca saw the danger of allowing this apathy to increase, and would fain have laid down some determinate scheme, and sought some fixed home and employment, which must have brought its occupations, its habits, and, finally, its interests.
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Of determined purpose; resolute.
- More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.
determinatenoun詞源 2/dɪˈtɜːmɪnət/
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human-sciencesphilosophysciencesA single state of a particular determinable attribute.
- And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged.
determinateverb/dɪˈtɜːmɪnət/
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obsoleteTo bring to an end; to determine.
- The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。