late 14c., "melt, dissolve, reduce to liquid;" intransitive sense from c. 1400; from Old French resolver or directly from Latin resolvere "to loosen, loose, unyoke, undo; explain; relax; set free; make void, dispel," from re-, perhaps intensive, or "back" (see re-), + solvere "loosen" (see solve). Early 15c. as "separate into components," hence the use in optics (1785). Meaning "determine, decide upon" is from 1520s, hence "pass a resolution" (1580s). For sense evolution, compare resolute (adj.). Related: Resolved; resolving.
resolve (n.)
"determination, firmness or fixedness of purpose; a determination," 1590s, from resolve (v.).
雙語例句
1. This merely strengthens our resolve to win the league.
這只會更加堅定我們贏得聯(lián)賽的決心。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The two communities are learning how to resolve their differences.
這兩個社群正在學(xué)著如何解決彼此之間的分歧。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The two sides are now working diligently to resolve their differences.
雙方正進(jìn)行不懈的努力以解決他們之間的分歧。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Britain was to pay dearly for its lack of resolve.
英國將為缺乏決心付出慘痛的代價。
來自柯林斯例句
5. We have to resolve this matter once and for all.