1、determine

是…的決定因素

The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time.

雞塊的大小將決定烹飪時間的長短。

Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.

社會地位很大程度上是由家里經濟支柱的職業決定的。

確定;查明

The investigation will determine what really happened.

調查會查明到底發生了什么事情。

Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.

需要進行檢測以確定其對人的長期影響。

決定;敲定

The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.

波羅的海各國人民有權決定自己的未來。

The final wording had not yet been determined.

最終措辭仍未敲定。

2、contain

裝有;容納

The bag contained a Christmas card.

這個包里裝著一張圣誕卡。

Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings.

工廠車間里陳設著種類繁多的廉價家具。

(著作、講話或電影中)包括，包含

This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor.

這張單子列出了病人可能會向醫生提出的一系列問題。

The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.

這兩張唱片還包含了布里頓兩首不甚知名的聲樂套曲。

控制;遏制;防止…蔓延

More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant.

上百名消防隊員仍在試圖控制工廠的火勢。

The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.

市政府稱宵禁遏制住了暴力事件。