vt.

1. 解决，解答；消除（疑惑等）
   The letter resolved all our doubts.

   这封信消除了我们的一切疑虑。

2. 决心，决定[+to-v][+（that）]
   She resolved (that) she would never speak to him again.

   她决心不再和他说话。

   We resolved to visit Europe at least once a year.

   我们决定至少每年访问欧洲一次。

3. 议决，投票表决[+to-v][+（that）]
   The Senate resolved to accept the President's budget proposals.

   参议院通过决议接受总统的预算建议。

4. 使分解；解析；分辨[（+into）]
   Some chemical compounds can be resolved by heat.

   一些化学化合物可以通过加热分解。

5. 使变成[（+into）]
   The interview resolved itself into a pleasant chat.

   会见变成了愉快的闲聊。

vi.

1. 决心，决定[（+on）]
   He resolved on going abroad to study.

   他决定到海外留学。

2. 决议，作出正式决定[Q][（+on/against）]
   The Government resolved on a bold policy.

   政府决定采取大胆的政策。

3. 分解，解体；消退
   This chemical resolves when distilled at a high temperature.

   这种化学品在高温下蒸馏就会分解。

n.

1. 决心，决意[C][+to-v]
   He made a firm resolve to give up gambling.

   他下决心不再赌博。

2. 坚决，刚毅，果断[U]
   George Washington was a man of great resolve.

   乔治·华盛顿是一个非常刚毅的人。

v.

1. settle or find a solution to.
   ▸Medicine  cause (a symptom or condition) to heal or disappear.
2. decide firmly on a course of action.
   ▸(of a legislative body) take a decision by a formal vote.
3. Music  cause (a discord) to pass into a concord during the course of harmonic change.
4. (resolve something into) reduce a subject or statement by mental analysis into (separate elements or a more elementary form).
   ▸chiefly Chemistry  separate into constituent parts or components.
5. (of something seen at a distance) turn into a different form when seen more clearly.
   ▸(of optical or photographic equipment) separate or distinguish between (closely adjacent objects).
   ▸technical separately distinguish (peaks in a graph or spectrum).
6. Physics  analyse (a force or velocity) into components acting in particular directions.

n.

1. firm determination.
2. US a formal resolution by a legislative body or public meeting.