determined

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·ter·mined BrE [dɪˈtɜːmɪnd] NAmE [dɪˈtɜːrmɪnd] adjective
1. not before noun ~ (to do sth) if you are determined to do sth, you have made a firm decision to do it and you will not let anyone prevent you
• I'm determined to succeed.
2. showing a person's determination to do sth
•a determined effort to stop smoking
• The proposal had been dropped in the face of determined opposition.
see bound and determined at ↑bound _adj.
Derived Word: ↑determinedly

Thesaurus:
determined [determined determinedly] adj.
1. not before noun
•I'm determined to succceed.
bent on sth • • insistent • |formal resolved • • intent on/upon sth •
determined/insistent/resolved that…
determined/resolved to do sth
2.
•I made a determined effort to stop smoking.
persistent • • resolute • |usually approving dogged • |approving heroic • |sometimes disapproving single-minded • |formal tenacious •
determined/persistent/resolute/single-minded/tenacious in sth
determined/persistent/resolute/heroic opposition to sth
a determined/persistent/heroic struggle/effort/attempt
dogged/heroic/single-minded determination

Example Bank:
•His voice was grimly determined.
•The opposition to her plan made her more determined than ever.
•They were quite determined that he wasn't going to do it.
•I made a determined effort to stop smoking.
•I'm determined to succeed.
•She's a very determined young woman.
•The proposal had perished in the face of determined opposition.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  compulsive, driven, dictated, set