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discern + noun phrase
直接加宾语表示辨别出某物。
He could discern a faint shape in the darkness.
他能辨出黑暗中的模糊形状。
辨别；看清楚
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辨别；看清楚
to perceive or recognize something using your senses
He could discern a faint shape in the darkness.
他能辨出黑暗中的模糊形状。
察觉,尤指用眼
To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
用心感知、识别或理解；看出
To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
区分某物与另一物；辨别
To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
察觉差异
To perceive differences.
discern
Base
原形
discerns
3rd person
第三人称单数
discerning
-ing
现在分词
discerned
Past
过去式
discerned
Past participle
过去分词
I discern the difference.
我辨别出差异。
She discerned the truth.
她辨别出真相。
They have discerned the pattern.
他们已经识别出模式。
常用于正式语境
From this distance, I could barely discern the shape of the ship on the horizon.
从这个距离，我几乎看不清地平线上轮船的轮廓。
It takes practice to discern the difference between the two similar sounds.
要辨别这两个相似声音之间的区别需要练习。
With a magnifying glass, you can discern tiny details in the old map.
用放大镜，你可以看清旧地图上的微小细节。
直接加宾语表示辨别出某物。
He could discern a faint shape in the darkness.
他能辨出黑暗中的模糊形状。
跟that从句表示察觉或理解到某事。
She discerned that he was lying.
她察觉出他在撒谎。
跟wh-从句表示辨别出细节或事实。
It is difficult to discern what actually happened.
很难弄清楚究竟发生了什么。
Not this
His discern of the situation was accurate.
Use this
His discernment of the situation was accurate.
将动词discern误用作名词，应使用名词形式discernment
Not this
I cannot discern the difference of these two patterns.
Use this
I cannot discern the difference between these two patterns.
表达"辨别A和B的区别"时，discern the difference后应接介词between，而非of
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
辨别差异
It is not always easy to discern the difference between right and wrong.
辨别对错之间的差异并不总是容易的。
查明真相
The detective tried to discern the truth from the conflicting statements.
侦探试图从相互矛盾的陈述中查明真相。
区分
She can discern between genuine and fake antiques.
她能区分真古董和假古董。
辨别出模式
Scientists discern a pattern in the data after months of analysis.
经过数月的分析，科学家从数据中辨别出一种模式。
清楚地辨别
Through the fog, he could barely discern the outline of the building clearly.
透过雾气，他几乎无法清楚地辨别出建筑物的轮廓。
辨别是非
It is important for children to learn to discern right from wrong.
孩子们学会辨别是非很重要。
Use discern naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记‘discern’为‘dis(分离)+cern(看清)’，从乱中分离看清即辨别。
语域：formal 常见场景：academic analysis、perceptive observation、critical thinking discern 多用于正式或书面语境，强调通过细致观察或思考进行辨别，日常口语中较少使用。
The words 'concern', 'learn', 'earn', 'fern', 'stern', and 'churn' all rhyme with 'discern' in both British and American English (stressed vowel /ɜː/ followed by /n/ or /rn/). No common lookalikes with different sounds were identified.
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