湯姆和瑪麗說他們非常確定自己需要這樣做。

Tom and Mary said they were really sure they needed to do that.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 old variant of
=2 surname He
=2
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=2
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=2 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=2 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=2 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=2 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=2 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
3 瑪麗
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
5 他們 men they; them
6 非常 fēicháng
  1. very; really
  2. unusual; extraordinary
7 確定 quèdìng
  1. definite
  2. certain
  3. fixed
  4. to fix (on sth)
  5. to determine
  6. to be sure
  7. to ensure
  8. to make certain
  9. to ascertain
  10. to clinch
  11. to recognize
  12. to confirm
  13. OK (on computer dialog box)
8 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
9 需要 yào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
10 這樣 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
11 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)