a factor that decides whether or how something happens 决定因素;决定条件 Interest rates are a major determinant of currency trends. 利率是货币趋势的主要决定因素。
Extra ExamplesWe need to identify the social and economic determinants of ill health. 我们需要确定健康不良的社会和经济决定因素。 It was only a secondary factor, not the sole determinant. 这只是一个次要因素,而不是唯一的决定因素。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin determinant- ‘determining’, from the verb determinare ‘limit, fix’, from de- ‘completely’ + terminare ‘terminate’.