It was my turn now, and Grandmamma turned to me with her kindest smile. Those who have experienced what embarrassment is know that it is a feeling which grows in direct proportion to delay, while decision decreases in similar measure. In other words the longer the condition lasts, the more invincible does it become, and the smaller does the power of decision come to be.英文原著 · 《Childhood》
Vivian colored more deeply and glanced at the window again. "No," she just whispered. Bernard looked out of the window too. Angela was leaning against the railing of the balcony, in profile, just as she had stood while he painted her, against the polished parapet at Siena. The young man's eyes rested on her a moment, then, as he glanced back at her mother:
"Has she kept it?" he asked. "I don't know," said Mrs. Vivian, with decision. The decision was excessive--it expressed the poor lady's distress at having her veracity tested.英文原著 · 《Confidence》
He remembered the parable of the unjust judge, and though he had previously felt sure that he ought to refuse, he now began to hesitate and, having hesitated, took to prayer and prayed until a decision formed itself in his soul. This decision was, that he ought to accede to the woman's request and that her faith might save her son. As for himself, he would in this case be but an insignificant instrument chosen by God.英文原著 · 《Father Sergius》
Here, now, thought I to myself, the cat leaps out of the bag. I looked at him with a calm glance, under which he seemed somewhat uneasy. More than ever now I suspected a plot. I remembered what my wife had said about abiding by the decision of Mr. Scribe. In a bland way, I resolved to buy up the decision of Mr. Scribe.英文原著 · 《I and My Chimney》
What would the court do with the case? The action of that body was obscure and double. There seems to have been a disposition of the Associate Judges to decide for the counter-petitioners; but Chief Justice Hutchinson induced them to assent to his policy of withholding a decision. He accordingly announced that the court would decide the case at the ensuing session. He then wrote to the home government, and the records show that the decision was rendered for the petitioners. That is, for the Custom House officials, and in favor of the Writs.英文原著 · 《James Otis The Pre-Revolutionist》
This decision will doubtless vary in different libraries, and the results will differ accordingly, but almost any decision is better than none, since one cannot be arrived at without giving much thought to the subject, and the desirable thing is that the work should be entered upon thoughtfully.英文原著 · 《Library Work with Children》
It's a hard decision, your Lordship, a very hard decision, but the honour of Downton is at stake.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
But I didn't know it was my decision, my final decision, until tonight.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
Which will be voluntary, but which would spell out the key decision points which will be voluntary, but which would spell out the key decision points演讲 · 《The bottom billion ~ Paul Collier》