a firm decision to do or not to do something 决心,决定 she kept her resolution not to see Anne any more. 她从未动摇过不再见安的决心。 a New Year's resolution. 新年伊始的决心。 ■a formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body, committee, or other formal meeting, typically after taking a vote (立法机构、委员会等通常经表决的)正式决定,决议 the conference passed two resolutions. 会议通过了两项决议。 ■[mass noun]the quality of being determined or resolute 坚决,果断 he handled the last British actions of the war with resolution. 他果断地指挥了英国在战争中的最后军事行动。
[mass noun]the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter (问题、争论或争端)解决 the peaceful resolution of all disputes. 全部争端的和平解决。 [count noun]a successful resolution to the problem. 问题的成功解决。 ■(Music)the passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony (乐)解决(指和声中不协和音向协和音的进行) ■(Medicine)the disappearance of inflammation, or of any symptom or condition (医)(炎症或其他症状的)消散,消退
[mass noun](chiefly Chemistry)the process of reducing or separating something into constituent parts or components (主化)分解 ■(Physics)the replacing of a single force or other vector quantity by two or more jointly equivalent to it (物理)(力或其他矢量)分解 ■the conversion of something abstract into another form (抽象事物)转换 ■(Prosody)the substitution of two short syllables for one long one (诗韵)两短音节对一长音节的代替
the smallest interval measurable by a scientific (especially optical) instrument; the resolving power (光学仪器等的)分辨率;分辨能力 ■the degree of detail visible in a photographic or television image (照片,电视图像)清晰度
语源
late Middle English: from Latin resolutio(n-), from resolvere 'loosen, release' (see resolve)