Decisive

(adj.) determining or having the power to determine an outcome; 'cast the decisive vote'; 'two factors had a decisive influence' .

(adj.) characterized by decision and firmness; 'an able and decisive young woman'; 'we needed decisive leadership'; 'she gave him a decisive answer' .

(adj.) unmistakable; 'had a decisive lead in the polls' .

校对:尼古拉斯

• I believe many objections might be made to this system But at present I shall confine myself to one, which is in my opinion very decisive. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But this decisive victory was the most effective campaign argument made in the canvass. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The two armies had been confronting each other so long, without any decisive result, that they hardly knew which could whip. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Happily she never attempted to joke, and this perhaps was the most decisive mark of her cleverness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, it is the most decisive mark of what is called genius, or superior talents. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This battle at Valmy--it was little more than a cannonade--was one of the decisive battles in the world's history. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The event of the conflict is decisive: my way is now clear; I thank God for it! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This argument deserves to be weighed, as being, in my opinion, entirely decisive. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He met Early at the crossing of Opequon Creek, a most decisive victory--one which the country. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The next event was decisive. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Sorel is engaged in presenting the General Strike as the decisive battle of the class struggle and the core of the socialist movement. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He fulfilled it so vigorously that ere long he came to a decisive rupture with his old Tory friend the rector. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A man might see good arguments for changing once, and not see them for changing again, said Lydgate, amused with the decisive old lady. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Gustavus Adolphus was killed in his decisive victory over Wallenstein at Lützen (1632), and Wallenstein was murdered in 1634. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The style of the visit, and the shortness of it, were then felt to be decisive. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Iron cannon were still of small size and not very abundant, and they did not play a decisive part as yet in warfare. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• No food can afford a more decisive proof of its nourishing quality, or of its being peculiarly suitable to the health of the human constitution. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A forward movement to a decisive victory was necessary. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It would be bad to be defeated in two decisive battles fought the same day, but it would not be bad to win them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I established with myself, on these occasions, the reputation of a first-rate man of business,--prompt, decisive, energetic, clear, cool-headed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Sharp, decisive speeches came thronging into her mind, now that it was too late to utter them. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But the resistance was so obstinate that the advantage gained did not prove decisive. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The most decisive mark of the prosperity of any country is the increase of the number of its inhabitants. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He had her mould of mouth and chin--all less decisive, accurate, and clear than those of the young mill-owner. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Daily skirmishes, without decisive results, had taken place outside the walls. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But Mr. Mawmsey answered in a tone of decisive check. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Had she doubted his meaning while she listened, the glow in his face, when she looked up at him, would have been decisive. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• To confirm this we may add the following argument, which to me seems perfectly decisive and convincing. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Lydgate still waited, but at last turned to speak in his most decisive tones. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Harriet had been conscious of a difference in his behaviour ever since those two decisive dances. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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