discern

英 [dɪ'sɜːn] 美 [dɪ'sɜːrn]

• v. 辨别；看出；察觉

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 看见

   see clearly (with the eyes or with the mind); see with an effort

2. vt. & vi. 辨明

   make out; discriminate; distinguish

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 辨别，识别，区别，区分，分辨
2. 看出，认出，辨出，认清，辨清，弄清，分清
3. 领悟，认识，了解，理解
4. 看见，看到，觉察，发现，觉察出
5. 听出

英英释义

Verb:

1. detect with the senses;

   "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"
   "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Sometimes it's not easy to discern between the true and the false.
   有时辨别真伪并不容易。
2. He was just able to discern the road in the dark.
   他在黑暗中勉强能辨出道路。
3. They can discern me in spite of the fog.
   虽然有雾，但他们能认得出我。
4. I soon discerned that the man was lying.
   我马上察觉出那人在撒谎。
5. We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.
   我们从他的样子可以察觉出他不快。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. We discerned the figure of a man cling to the mast of the wrecked ship.
   我们看见一人紧抱着破船的桅杆。
2. He is unable to discern the shape of a horse in the mist.
   他不能看清雾中马的轮廓。
3. He could discern a faint light at the end of the forest.
   他能看到在森林的尽头有一线微弱的灯光。
4. It is often difficult to discern the truth of an event from a newspaper report.
   要从报纸的报道上去辨明一个事件的真实性很困难。

S+～+that/wh-clause

1. I soon discerned that the man was lying.
   我很快便觉出这个人正在撒谎。
2. He is unable to discern what is actually happening.
   他搞不明白正在发生什么事情。

经典引文

• I had learned to discern the real Kitty.

  出自： S. Bellow

• Fiona had instantly discerned that he had been lying to her.

  出自： A. N. Wilson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

discern between (v.+prep.)

区别,分辨(两物) tell the difference between (one thing) and (another)
discern between sth
The man couldn't discern between right and wrong.

那人是非分辨不清。
Some people find it difficult to discern between blue and green.

有些人很难分辨蓝色与绿色。
Even lawyers cannot always discern between fine points of the law.

即使律师也并不总能对法律中的那些细节进行区别。 discern sth between sth
It is easy to discern a connection between high rents and the lack of housing.

显而易见,高房租和住房缺乏是彼此相关的。
How can we discern the difference between two books in a dark room?

在黑屋子里,我们怎么能看出两本书的不同?

discern from (v.+prep.)

从…辨别 see clearly from (sth)
discern sth from sth
The man couldn't discern good from bad.

那人不能辨别善恶。
Some people find it difficult to discern blue from green.

有些人很难分辨蓝色与绿色。
Even the police cannot always discern truth from lies.

即使警察也并不总能区别真话与谎言。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• discern the shape 看清轮廓
• discern a faint light 看到一线微弱的灯光

～+副词

• discern acutely〔keenly〕 敏锐地分辨
• discern clearly 清楚地分辨
• discern dimly〔faintly〕 隐约看见
• discern shrewdly 精明地分辨
• discern truthfully 真实地分辨

～+介词

• discern between 从…辨明
• discern from 辨明

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. discern的基本意思是“看见”,指用双眼看出某事物来,用于引申,可指对感觉到的东西具有深刻的理解和辨别力。
2. discern可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,作及物动词时,后面可接名词、代词或that从句。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

discern, peep, peer

• 这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：
• peep常指躲在某物(如窗帘)后通过缝隙偷看；peer常指因看不清楚而费力地盯着看,看时多是身体前倾；discern也是费力地看,但含有“辨认”“认出”的意思。

discern，discriminate，distinguish

• 这些动词均有“区别、辨别”之意。
• discern语义较笼统，着重精深与准确的观察力，不一定有能力辨别关系密切的各项事物。
• discriminate语气强，指从十分相似的事物中辨出差异，尤其把好坏区分开来。
• distinguish普通用词，指辨别者的能力或实际观察到的区别，强调辨别所需的技巧。

近反义词

【近义词】

• perceive 注意到
• see 看见
• understand 懂得
• recognize 承认
• notice 注意
• observe 观察
• make out 起草
• distinguish 区别
• discriminate 区分
• spot 地点
• view 视野
• know 了解
• discover 发现
• behold 看到
• fathom 英寻（=6英尺)...
• be aware of 意识到，察觉到，知道...
• detect 发觉
• spy 间谍
• tell the difference 辨别差别
• realize 实现
• separate 分开的
• differentiate 区分
• determine 决定
• locate 找出
• sense 感官
• witness 目击者
• appreciate 欣赏
• pick out 挑出
• tell apart 辨别
• recognise <英>承认