英语短语 "decide upon" 与 "decide on" 同义,核心含义是 "决定;选定",尤其强调在多个选项中做出最终选择(突出"筛选后确定"的过程)。相比"decide on","decide upon"更偏向正式用法,常见于书面语或严肃场景。
表示经过思考、比较后,对某事物/行动做出最终选择(而非临时决定)。例如:
I need to decide upon a career path.(我需要选定一条职业道路。)
The committee decided upon a new policy after hours of discussion.(委员会经过数小时讨论后选定了一项新政策。)
"decide upon"是及物动词短语,后面需接名词、代词、动名词或"疑问词+不定式"(不可直接接动词原形)。以下是常见搭配:
表示"选定某事物/某人":
She couldn't decide upon which dress to buy.(她拿不定主意买哪条裙子。)
Have you decided upon a gift for your mom?(你选好给妈妈的礼物了吗?)
表示"选定做某事"(强调"选择某行动"而非"决定做"):
We finally decided upon taking the train instead of the bus.(我们最终选定坐火车而非公交。)
He decided upon studying abroad after graduating.(他决定毕业后出国留学。)
表示"选定(疑问词引导的内容)":
Have you decided upon where to go for vacation?(你选定度假地点了吗?)
They haven't decided upon who to invite to the wedding.(他们还没选定邀请谁参加婚礼。)
表示"某事物被选定":
A date for the meeting was decided upon last week.(会议日期上周已选定。)
No venue has been decided upon yet for the concert.(演唱会场地尚未选定。)
"decide to do":强调"决定做某动作"(无明显选项对比),如:I decided to go to bed early.(我决定早点睡觉。)
"decide upon doing":强调"在多个选项中选定做某事"(有对比),如:I decided upon going to bed early instead of watching TV.(我选定早点睡觉而非看电视。)
核心:筛选后确定(正式);
搭配:接名词/代词/动名词/"疑问词+不定式";
场景:书面语、正式讨论、需突出"选择过程"的情境。
例句巩固:1、 The team decided upon postponing the match due to rain.(团队因下雨决定推迟比赛。)
2、 I haven't decided upon a major yet—engineering or medicine?(我还没选定专业——工程还是医学?)
3、 A new CEO was decided upon by the board.(董事会选定了一位新CEO。)