下决心

• 拼音: xià jué xīn
• 汉字拆解: 下 = to set down, make; 决 = 氵+ 夬 (water + decisive break — a definitive resolution); 心 = heart/mind

含义

To make up one's mind; to resolve firmly. To arrive at an unwavering determination to pursue a course of action, often in the face of difficulty, self-doubt, or opposition.

Expresses a conscious, decisive internal commitment. Common pattern: 下定决心 (to firmly resolve). Often followed by an infinitive clause: 下决心做某事 (resolve to do something). Used in personal, political, and organisational contexts. Implies the resolution was not easily reached.

例句

1. 经历了连续三次创业失败之后，他终于下决心系统地研究商业模式，而不再凭直觉盲目行事。
2. 政府已下决心在五年内将碳排放量削减百分之四十，并将这一目标写入了国家气候行动计划。
3. 她在经历了长期的犹豫与自我怀疑之后，下决心放弃稳定的公职，全身心投入艺术创作。

用法指南

语境: personal, politics, business

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 面对企业持续亏损的局面，董事会终于下决心引进外部战略顾问，对整个管理架构进行系统性重组，以彻底扭转公司的经营困境。(Confronted with the company's continued losses, the board of directors finally made up its mind to bring in external strategic consultants to conduct a systematic restructuring of the entire management framework, so as to fundamentally reverse the company's operational difficulties.)
• 这位科研人员在屡遭学界同行质疑之后，下决心用严格的实验数据彻底证明自己理论的正确性，此后数年间他在实验室几乎废寝忘食。(After repeatedly facing scepticism from academic peers, this researcher made up his mind to prove the correctness of his theory conclusively using rigorous experimental data; in the years that followed, he threw himself into the laboratory with hardly a moment to eat or sleep.)

错误说法

• 下决心 when the intention is weak or conditional — use 打算 or 考虑 instead; 下决心 implies a firm, final commitment, not a tentative plan or vague wish

起源与历史

下 (to make, to set down) + 决心 (determination — 决 = 氵+ 夬, water + decisive cut; 心 = heart) — to plant a firm resolve in one's heart

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal