discern
英 [dɪ'sɜːn]
美 [dɪ'sɝn]
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discern 识别dis-, 分开，散开。-cern, 分开，词源同concern, certain. 即分散开，识别。
- 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.
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Some people find it difficult to discern blue from green.
- 有些人很难分辨蓝色与绿色.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The man couldn't discern between right and wrong.
- 那人是非分辨不清.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
