distinguish

• vt. 区分；辨别；使杰出，使表现突出
• vi. 区别，区分；辨别

dis-, 分开，散开。-sting, 刺，做标记，词源同sting, stick. 即分开标记的，区分清楚的。

1. mark as different;

"We distinguish several kinds of maple"

2. 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"

3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense;

"His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"

4. make conspicuous or noteworthy

5. identify as in botany or biology, for example

distinguish (v.)

1560s, from Middle French distinguiss-, stem of distinguer, or directly from Latin distinguere "to separate between, keep separate, mark off, distinguish," perhaps literally "separate by pricking," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + -stinguere "to prick" (compare extinguish and Latin instinguere "to incite, impel").

Watkins says "semantic transmission obscure;" the sense might be from "pricking out" as the old way to make punctuation in parchment or some literal image, but de Vaan derives the second element from a different PIE root meaning "to push, thrust."

The meanings of ex- and restinguere 'to extinguish' and distinguere seem quite distinct, but can be understood if the root meant 'to press' or 'push': ex-stinguere 'to put a fire out', re-stinguere 'to push back, suppress', and dis-stinguere 'to push apart [thence] distinguish, mark off ...."

The suffix -ish is due to the influence of many verbs in which it is the equivalent of Old French -iss-, ultimately from Latin inchoative suffix -iscere (this is also the case in extinguish, admonish, and astonish). Related: Distinguishing. The earlier form of the verb was distinguen (mid-14c.).

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。

SimpliSafe provides devices that are able to distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

What distinguishes children from adults is their strong ability to derive joy from what they are doing.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don't is their ability to stay motivated.

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a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

To distinguish them from the colour of the plane.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

All right, did he have any other distinguishing marks?

出自-2010年12月听力原文

A youth with a distinguishing mark on his face

出自-2010年12月听力原文

One useful way is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty—extreme poverty,moderate poverty, and relative poverty.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

She was a distinguished graduate of Harvard School of Law.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

She had not distinguished herself academically

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

Applicants are usually better off if they can write an essay that distinguishes them from the rest.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

What distinguishes a depression from a harsh recession is paralyzing fear - fear of the unknown so great that it causes consumers, businesses, and investors to retreat and panic.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it's important to distinguish television's influences on children from those of the family.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.

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No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Students seemed to distinguish at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

They can even distinguish their mother's voice from that of a female stranger.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

This task-interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

To make a wise selection, you should know how to distinguish among three kinds of print dictionaries: pocket, desk, and unabridged.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 任务型读写 原文

We are thus led to distinguish, within the broad educational process which we have been so far considering, a more formal kind of education -- that of direct tuition or schooling.

出自-2009年考研翻译原文

The male bird is easily distinguishable from the female.

这种鸟很容易辨认雌雄。

牛津词典

The coast was barely distinguishable in the mist.

在雾中很难看清海岸。

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She has already distinguished herself as an athlete.

作为运动员她已享有盛名。

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I could not distinguish her words, but she sounded agitated.

我听不清她说的话，但听得出她很紧张不安。

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Does your cat have any distinguishing marks?

你的猫有什么特殊标记吗？

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The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.

雄鸟喙呈红色，有别于雌鸟。

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At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?

儿童到什么年龄才能明辨是非？

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It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other.

很难分辨出一对孪生儿谁是谁。

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Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.

有时候现实和幻想很难区分。

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What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?

是什么使得她有别于班上其他同学呢？

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Could he distinguish right from wrong?...

他能分辨是非吗？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark...

研究表明婴儿通过辨别光亮和黑暗的区域来学会看东西。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms...

音乐的某种特质使其有别于所有其他艺术形式。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The bird has no distinguishing features.

这只鸟没有明显的特征。

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There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices.

有哭声、喊声——他能听出不同的声音。

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Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar...

在接下来的几年里，他作为一名宪法研究领域最杰出的学者而声名远扬。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye.

他们在阿瑟耶之战中一战成名。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In studying Chinese, we must distinguish between homophones.

在学习汉语时，我们必须区分同音词。

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We should distinguish it into macroscopical and microcosmic labor axiology.

只有自觉地将劳动价值论区分为宏观和微观两部分,才能明确劳动价值论一系列基本结论的前提条件,才能廓清价值规律的适用范围和操作领域.

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I can distinguish them by their uniforms.

我能从制服辨识他们.

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The authors, both excellent lecturers, clearly distinguish between general principles and their applications in solving problems.

那些作者, 两位优秀的讲演者, 清楚在解决问题过程中厘清总则和他们的申请.

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Lawyers also distinguish between an offence which is criminal and a wrong which is civil.

法律界更不会混淆刑事的罪行和民事的冤屈.

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These rules are equivalent to the examination to distinguish authenticity.

这些规矩相当于现在的考试,用以分辨真伪.

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Take a sniff at everything and distinguish the good from the bad.

对任何东西都要用鼻子嗅一嗅,鉴别其好坏.

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He could not distinguish cotton from wool.

他不能辨认是棉花还是羊毛.

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How do you record your music ? is there anything special that distinguish you from others?

您在音乐录制上有没有特别的诀窍与效果可以和我们分享一下 吗 ?

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It's easy to distinguish a good love and a bad love.

恏的爱情和坏的爱情是很容易分辨出来的.

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The eye of the old man was riveted upon a spot which Villefort could scarcely distinguish.

老人在看什么,维尔福看不清楚.

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