The fastest runner set the pace and the others followed.

"跑得最快的人定了步速,其他人在后面跟着跑。"

The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain.

登山者先停下来定所在的位置, 然后再下山。

In my opinion, the curvature was determined experimentally.

依我，曲度是根据实验定的。

He orientated himself by finding a familiar landscape.

他寻见一处熟悉的景色,从而定自己所处的方位。

A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.

扫描可以定胎儿在子宮中的位置。

She is responsible for the determination of wage levels within this company.

她负责定家公司职员的工资标准。

I'm not sure about the practicality of their plan.

我还无法定他们的那个计划的可行性如何。

They are trying to decide where to situate the hospital.

他们正设法定院的修建地点。

The uncertain factors of the process of judicature are the objective and insurmountability shackle.

司法过程的不定性因素的存在是司法过程中客观存在的、难以克服的桎梏。

After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.

他们讨论了很久,然后定了原来提出的那个计划。

The rehearing system causes judge to be undecidedly and descends the judicial authority.

再审制度导致裁判的不定和司法权威的下降。

Our holiday plans are still at an indeterminate stage.

我们的度假计划仍处定的阶段。

Application of the cis-trans test defines the genetic unit of function, the cistron.

顺?反测验可以用来定遗传的功能单位―顺反子。

It is possible to assign an exact date to this building.

座建筑物的切年代是可以定的。

They sat on appropriation plans until they were certain which way winds were blowing.

他们把拨款计划搁置起来，直到他们定了事情的趋势为止。

She is as yet undecided in which direction she wants to make her future career.

她还没有定自己事业发展的方向。

His succession as headmaster was not in any doubt.

他继任校长是定无疑的。

In software engineering, the degree of complication of a system or system component, determined by such factors as the number and intricacy of interfaces, the number and intricacy of conditional branches, the degree of nesting, the types of data structures, and other system characteristics.

在软件工程中，系统或系统组成部分的复杂程度由下述因素定：接口的数量和错综程度、条件转移的数量和错综程度、嵌套的深度、数据结构的类型，以及其它一些系统特性。

Possibly the point here is not the sheer quantity but the inner attitude of the Pilgrim: the starets wishes to test his obedience and readiness to fulfil an appointed task without deviation.

也许关键不在定的数目，而朝圣者内心的态度——长老希望以此试验他的服从，他是否能毫无偏差地完成长老所要他做的。

And the time flow in this book is exquisite: as in life, Gilman's transforms Joseph from page in subtle but certain stages, bringing him from early childhood into his cheder years.

本书的时间流逝非常精妙：就像在生活中一样，吉尔曼以微妙而定的阶段将约瑟夫从书页中转变，把他从童年早期带到他的犹太学校岁月。