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
discerning — present participle of discern
察觉,尤指用眼；用心感知、识别或理解；看出；区分某物与另一物；辨别；察觉差异
to perceive or recognize something using your senses
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.
一般现在时
I discern the difference.
我辨别出差异。
一般过去时
She discerned the truth.
她辨别出真相。
现在完成时
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。
用法提示：discern 在这里表示“看清楚”，后接名词短语作宾语。
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。
用法提示：discern 表示“辨别”，后接 the difference between 结构。
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。
用法提示：discern 表示“看清楚”，用于 can 加动词原形的结构。
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。
perceive 更正式，强调感官或心智的觉察；discern 常带“费力分辨”的意味。
detect 侧重通过观察或仪器发现细微或隐藏的事物，discern 更强调肉眼或心智的分辨。
distinguish 强调区分不同事物或差异；discern 则可指单纯看清或识别。
recognize 指认出已知事物，discern 不依赖先前经验，更强调分辨能力。
make out 较口语，常指在困难条件下勉强看清或听清，discern 更正式。
grammar · medium
易错句子His discern of the situation was accurate.
正确表达His discernment of the situation was accurate.
将动词discern误用作名词，应使用名词形式discernment
grammar · medium
易错句子I cannot discern the difference of these two patterns.
正确表达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
针对'辨别'义，confuse表示无法区分或错误地混合
针对'看清楚'义，overlook表示未能注意到细节
discern强调察觉或看出细微差别，而distinguish强调区分不同事物之间的差异
differentiate更正式，着重于通过特征或属性来区分不同事物，而discern更侧重于感知或识别
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。
深入理解或看透事物的能力，与辨别相关
需要敏锐辨别才能察觉的微小差异
事物的细微之处，需要仔细辨别
快速准确的判断能力，常与辨别结合
清晰的感知是辨别的基础
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.