resolution

resolution
noun
  1. 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。
  2. [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
  3. [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
  4. 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
  1. late Middle English: from Latin resolutio(n-), from resolvere 'loosen, release' (see resolve)
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