discern 音标拼音: [dɪs'ɚn]
vt .
vi . 辨别,看清楚
辨别,看清楚
discern v 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 " [
synonym : {
spot },
{
recognize }, {
recognise }, {
distinguish }, {
discern }, {
pick out }, {
make out }, {
tell apart }]
Discern \
Dis *
cern "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Discerned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Discerning }.] [
F .
discerner ,
L .
discernere ,
discretum ;
dis -
cernere to separate ,
distinguish .
See {
Certain },
and cf . {
Discreet }.]
1 .
To see and identify by noting a difference or differences ;
to note the distinctive character of ;
to discriminate ;
to distinguish .
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To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms .
--
Boyle .
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A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone . --
Robynson (
More '
s Utopia ).
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2 .
To see by the eye or by the understanding ;
to perceive and recognize ;
as ,
to discern a difference .
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And [
I ]
beheld among the simple ones ,
I discerned among the youths ,
a young man void of understanding .
--
Prov .
vii .
7 .
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Our unassisted sight . . .
is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects .
--
Beattie .
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I wake ,
and I discern the truth . --
Tennyson .
Syn :
To perceive ;
distinguish ;
discover ;
penetrate ;
discriminate ;
espy ;
descry ;
detect .
See {
Perceive }.
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Discern \
Dis *
cern "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To see or understand the difference ;
to make distinction ;
as ,
to discern between good and evil ,
truth and falsehood .
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More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left . --
Jonah iv .
11 .
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2 .
To make cognizance . [
Obs .] --
Bacon .
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78 Moby Thesaurus words for "
discern ":
anticipate ,
appreciate ,
apprehend ,
ascertain ,
be acquainted with ,
be apprised of ,
be aware of ,
be cognizant of ,
be conscious of ,
be conversant with ,
be informed ,
behold ,
catch sight of ,
clap eyes on ,
cognize ,
come alive ,
comprehend ,
conceive ,
conceptualize ,
descry ,
detect ,
difference ,
differentiate ,
discover ,
discriminate ,
distinguish ,
divine ,
espy ,
extricate ,
fathom ,
foresee ,
glimpse ,
grasp ,
have ,
have in sight ,
have information about ,
have knowledge of ,
identify ,
ken ,
know ,
lay eyes on ,
look on ,
look upon ,
make out ,
note ,
notice ,
observe ,
penetrate ,
perceive ,
pick out ,
pick up ,
pierce ,
plumb ,
possess ,
prehend ,
realize ,
recognize ,
remark ,
savvy ,
see ,
see daylight ,
see into ,
see the light ,
see through ,
seize ,
sense ,
separate ,
sever ,
sight ,
spot ,
spy ,
take in ,
twig ,
understand ,
view ,
witness ,
wot ,
wot of
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