discern
英 [dɪ'sɜːn]
美[dɪ'sɝn]
- vt. 识别；领悟，认识
- vi. 看清楚，辨别
词态变化
第三人称单数: discerns;过去式: discerned;过去分词: discerned;现在分词: discerning;形容词: discernible;
中文词源
discern 识别
dis-, 分开，散开。-cern, 分开，词源同concern, certain. 即分散开，识别。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- discern
- discern: [14] Discern, discreet, discrete, and discriminate all come ultimately from the same source, Latin discernere, literally ‘separate by sifting’, hence ‘distinguish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and cernere ‘sift, separate’ (source of English crime and secret and related to crisis).
The derived noun discrīmen formed the basis of a new Latin verb discrīmināre, from which English gets discriminate [17]. (Closely related is decree [14], whose ultimate source is Latin dēcernere ‘decide’, also a derivative of cernere but with the prefix dē-, denoting removal.)
=> certain, crime, crisis, decree, discreet, discrete, discriminate, excrement, secret - discern (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French discerner (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from Latin discernere "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from dis- "off, away" (see dis-) + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (see crisis). Related: Discerned; discerning.
同义词辨析
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，不一定有能分辨关系密切的各项事物的含义。
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。
考试真题
- Some climate impacts may already be discernible.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- But the data is exact enough for a clear trend to be easily discernible.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- In the real world, problems rarely come neatly packaged, so being able to discern their deep structure is key.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- The adult observers were able to reliably discern an assortment of emotions on the babies faces.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
- The gardens of the homeless which are in effect homeless gardens introduce from into an urban environment where it either didn’t exist or was not discernible as such.
出自-2013年考研翻译原文
实用场景例句
- It is possible to discern a number of different techniques in her work.
- 从她的作品中可以识别出许多不同的创作手法。
牛津词典
- He discerned a certain coldness in their welcome.
- 他觉察到他们的欢迎有点冷淡。
牛津词典
- It is often difficult to discern how widespread public support is.
- 了解公众支持的广泛程度常常是困难的。
牛津词典
- We could just discern the house in the distance.
- 我们只能勉强分辨出远处的房子。
牛津词典
- There is often no discernible difference between rival brands.
- 相互竞争的品牌之间往往看不出明显的区别。
牛津词典
- His face was barely discernible in the gloom.
- 在黑暗中很难看得清他的脸。
牛津词典
- It was hard to discern why this was happening.
- 很难弄清楚这为什么会发生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.
- 我们仅能依稀辨出桥下一条杂草丛生的窄沟。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend...
- 你需要一长串的数据才能看出这一趋势。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In the breaking and remarking , in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh, the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.
- 在作家的思路中断重新构思的时候, 在安排时间 、 揉和内容 、 重新开始的时候, 逐步领悟到自己素材中的内容,而这些东西在他动笔时心中并不清楚.
《用法词典》
- The man couldn't discern between right and wrong.
- 那人是非分辨不清.
《简明英汉词典》
- He almost could not discern the road in the dark.
- 他几乎不能在黑暗中辨认出路来.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- At first, we could only discern a blob.
- 一开始, 我们只能看到一团东西.
期刊摘选
- It's at the very least difficult to discern warmth for Australia in the Hu affair.
- 在胡事件上认识到中国对澳大利亚友好十分困难.
期刊摘选
- Adults at least are supposed to discern between what's right and wrong.
- 成年人至少可以辨别什么是好的,什么事坏的.
期刊摘选
- He was just able to discern the road in the dark.
- 黑暗中,他仅能勉强把路辨清.
辞典例句
- But exactly where hippos sit on the artiodactyl family tree has proved devilishly difficult to discern.
- 河马也属于偶蹄目,这点专家并无异议,但是它们到底位在偶蹄动物演化树的哪个分支点上,一直都很难定论.
期刊摘选
- I could but just discern the frowning line of the opposite cliffs.
- 我只能大致辨别出对面起伏不平的峭壁轮廓.
辞典例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- In the fog we can only discern the airline of the building.
- 在雾中,我们只能依稀看到建筑物的轮廓.
期刊摘选
- She sought to discern his inmost thoughts.
- 她想方设法要了解他内心深处的想法.
期刊摘选
- We should discern the essence rather than looking at the superficial phenomenon.
- 我们不要流于表面现象,而不看内在本质.
期刊摘选
- Readers'Digest diffused the knowledge and served to discern false diplomas from genuine ones.
- 《读者文摘》传播了这种知识,对区分各种证书的真伪很有帮助.
期刊摘选
- The aroma contributes to the flavors we discern on our palates.
- 芳香嗅觉丰富了软腭对于口感的辨别种类.
期刊摘选
- Everyone can discern between the shapes of a man and a woman.
- 人人都能区别男女形体.
期刊摘选
- No sign of sail or of glinting oars could they discern.
- 他们看不到船帆的影子,也看不到发光的船浆的影子.
辞典例句
- Because this must grind seriously, read advertisement, discern true bogus, the connotation of anatomize advertisement word.
- 因此一定要认真研读广告, 辨别真伪, 仔细分析广告词的内涵.
期刊摘选
- Is there any injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern calamities?
- 30我的舌上,岂有不义? 我的上膛,岂不能辨别奸恶 么 ?
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》