形容詞 determinate:

1. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
2. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
3. supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
   同義詞：definitive

1. The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
   我們經(jīng)濟(jì)的決定性因素是控制通貨膨脹。
2. Our manager has made a determinate mind.
   經(jīng)理下了決心。

de.ter.mi.nate

adj.（形容詞）
Precisely limited or defined; definite:
確定的，限定的：被準(zhǔn)確地加以限制的；限定的：
例句：
a determinate number; a determinate distance.
確定的數(shù)；確定的距離

Conclusively settled; final.
最后確定的；最終的
Firm in purpose; resolute.
目的明確的；堅決的
Botany
【植物學(xué)】
Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower; cymose:
依序綻放的，聚傘花序的：從最上面的或中間的花開始以一定的順序開花，最后在一朵花上終止的；聚傘花序的：
例句：
a determinate inflorescence.
依序綻放的花序

Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis:
有限的：在一根軸的尖端不是無限制繼續(xù)的：
例句：
determinate growth.
有限的增長

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin dôtermin3tus [past participle of] dôtermin3re [to determine] * see determine
源自 拉丁語 dôtermin3tus [] dôtermin3re的過去分詞 [決定] *參見 determine

【引伸】
deter.minately
adv.（副詞）
deter.minateness
n.（名詞）