re‧solve 1 W3 AC / rɪzɒlv $ rɪzɑlv, rɪzɒlv / 动词 [及物动词]

1 to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a problem or difficulty 同义词 solve → settle

resolve a dispute/conflict/problem etc

The crisis was resolved by negotiations.

Barnet was desperate for money to resolve his financial problems.

2 formal to make a definite decision to do something

resolve to do something

After the divorce she resolved never to marry again.

resolve that

Mary resolved that she would stop smoking.

3 to make a formal decision, especially by voting

resolve to do something

The Senate resolved to accept the President’s proposals.

4 technical to separate something into its different parts :

DNA samples were extracted and resolved.

COLLOCATIONS

名词

resolve a problem/crisis/situation Action is being taken to resolve the problem.

resolve a dispute/conflict Negotiation is the only way to resolve the dispute.

resolve an issue/matter/question Has the issue been resolved yet?

resolve your differences (= stop arguing with each other ) She and Rose had finally resolved their differences.

副词

satisfactorily Some problems still hadn’t been satisfactorily resolved.

fully/completely It is a row that may never be fully resolved.

peacefully We wanted to resolve the situation peacefully.

amicably (= in a friendly way ) We will always do our best to resolve complaints amicably.

quickly The matter was resolved quite quickly.

THESAURUS

decide to make a choice to do something : We decided to send our son to a boarding school. | I decided to go home early.

make up your mind to decide something, especially after thinking about it for a long time. Make up your mind is less formal than decide and is mainly used in spoken English : Have you made up your mind about where you’ll go on holiday?

choose to do something to decide to do something – especially when this is different from what people expect or tell you to do : She chose to ignore my advice. | More young couples are choosing not to marry.

make a decision to decide after thinking carefully about something, especially about something that is very important : They made a decision not to have children.

resolve formal to decide that you will definitely do something, especially because you think it will be better for you, or because of your past experiences : She resolved to work hard at school.

determine formal to officially decide what something shall be : Each hospital can determine its own pay rates.

come down in favour of something British English , come down in favor of something American English to decide to support a particular plan, argument etc – used especially about groups of people : Eight of the ten committee members came down in favour of the changes.

come to/reach a decision to officially decide about something important after discussing and carefully considering it - used especially about groups of people : After two hours of discussion, the comittee had still not come to a decision on any of the proposals.

resolve (something) into something 短语动词

1 technical to separate into parts, or to separate something :

This mixture will resolve into two separate compounds.

2 resolve (itself) into something formal to gradually change into something else 同义词 become :

The argument resolved itself into an uneasy truce.