(1) 这些短语均可用于法律方面。 decide against, find against是“做出不利于(某人)的裁决”。
- The judge decided/found against the man who made the claim.
法官驳回了那人的请求。 - The court decided against the man who was accused of the crime.
法院对被控犯有此罪的人做出了不利的裁决。
(2) decide against还可用于其他场合,表示“决定不做某事”。
- After talking the matter over, we decided against camping in the mountains.
在讨论了这事之后,我们决定不在山中扎营。 - The government decided against increasing taxes at the present time.
政府决定目前不增税。
(3) decide for, decide in favor of, find for意为“做出有利于(某人)的裁决”。
- The judge decided for /decided in favor of /found for the man who made the claim.
法官对提出这项请求的人做出了有利的裁决。 - I doubt whether any court in the country would decide in his favor .
我不相信在这个国家有哪家法院会做出有利于他的裁决。